Breaking:Lewis Hamilton speaks on being ‘out of 2022 F1 championship race’

Lewis Hamilton endured a disastrous day at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday, as he finished in P13.

The seven-time Formula 1 champion endured the further humiliation of being lapped by his arch-rival Max Verstappen in the 40th lap.

As soon as the race ended, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff apologised to Hamilton over the team radio.

“Lewis, hi, sorry for what you have needed to drive today,” said Wolff.

“I know that this is undriveable and not what we deserved to score as a result.”

Hamilton is now in seventh place in the drivers’ standings, which is his worst start since the 2010 season.

Championship hopes fading

He is now almost 60 points behind Charles Leclerc in first place, and he said that the world championship title is now out of reach.

“I am out of the championship, for sure, there’s no question about that, but I’ll still keep working hard and try and somehow pull it back together somehow,” Hamilton said.

“Everyone’s feeling it, and everyone’s just head down trying their best, there’s no one that’s giving up, everyone is trying to move forward as fast as they can.”

Wolff stressed the need for Mercedes to fix Hamilton‘s car at the end of the race.

“We are not good enough for a world champion – and we just need to fix the car,” said Wolff.