News Details

Hamilton: I wasn’t feeling good this morning

Lewis Hamilton went from poorly to pole at the German Grand Prix on Saturday, revealing afterwards that Mercedes had put French reserve Esteban Ocon on standby to replace him in case he felt too unwell to drive. The Briton, on his way to a sixth Formula One title having won seven of the season’s 10 races, said he had been nursing a sore throat. “I wasn’t feeling good this morning,” he told reporters immediately after qualifying. “A bit of a sore throat; we just prepped in case I wasn’t going to be able to do the session. I did the practice and we were prepared to be able to put the second driver in, worst-case scenario. I got through it good.” Mercedes have Ocon, who lost his...
Full Story »
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ill Hamilton was nearly substituted

Lewis Hamilton has revealed that his team was preparing to put Esteban...
6y ago from Pitpass.com

Unwell Hamilton wasn't sure he would race

Lewis Hamilton has revealed he had doubted whether he would take part in...
6y ago from SkySports.com

Ocon almost replaced ill Hamilton in qualifying

Mercedes were prepared to put Esteban Ocon in Lewis Hamilton's car with...
6y ago from PlanetF1.com

Lewis Hamilton expected close fight with Charles...

Lewis Hamilton reckons he and Charles Leclerc would have been close...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Jacob Abel: ‘I would hate if this was my only...

Jacob Abel is one of three rookies in IndyCar this season, and is hopeful...

Christian Lundgaard leaps to the top in opening...

IndyCar headed out on track at Portland International Raceway Friday...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Kyffin Simpson given IndyCar grid penalty for lap 1...

The NTT IndyCar Series has levied a grid penalty on Kyffin Simpson for...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Nolan Siegel predicts new Arrow McLaren shop will...

Arrow McLaren recently announced details for its new IndyCar race shop,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle Rovanperä hits the jackpot

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen finally won Rally Finland, laying to...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“Looked better in blue” - Chelsea youngster drops...

Chelsea academy star Heze Grimwade has sent a cheeky message to Noni...
43m ago from SportsKeeda.com

“He’s just a natural footballer” - Joe Cole...

Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea have spent almost £1bn...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'I don't know how much money they've got left' - Ray...

Former Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour believes that the Gunners need to...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.