LEWIS HAMILTON will begin tomorrow’s Saudi Arabia Grand Prix in P16 after being eliminated in Q1 during today’s qualifying – with Red Bull’s Sergio Perez going on to grab pole. After the result was communicated to him over the radio by his team, Hamilton said: “Sorry guys.”. Eliminated in Q1 alongside Hamilton were Alex Albon, Nico Hulkenberg, Yuki Tsunoda and Nicholas Latifi. The session had been interrupted by an early red flag, after Latifi crashed on turn 13 at 106mph. Q2 was marred by a horrible incident with five minutes remaining, with Haas driver Mick Schumacher involved in a jarring 170mph crash into the concrete barriers – drawing another red flag. Schumacher, 23, required lengthy treatment – with an ambulance called to the scene. Q2 resumed with 4:58 remaining on the clock, 55 minutes after Schumacher’s crash.

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