Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton has urged his Mercedes team to make changes to the W13 after his physically painful Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend.

The bouncing isn’t as bad on the straights, but it is through the corners where we are trying to keep the car out of the wall. “I couldn’t finish my long run in practice on Friday because my back was a real mess,” said the 37-year-old. Wolff: Lewis, we all know this is a bit of a sh*tbox to drive at the moment.

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton complained of intense back pain during Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix before being seen struggling to get of his car following the ...

And sorry for the back problems.” He had also complained his seat went cold during the race. Porpoising had caused Hamilton's car to bounce up and down whilst on the straights in Baku, causing him to agonisingly shout “Aaaargh my back is killing me!”

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It's the moment now to say that is a real issue and what can we do to lift everybody up." It remains to be seen whether Mercedes will be able to iron out their issues with bouncing on the straights as they look to close the gap to Red Bull and Ferrari in terms of outright performance over the next few weeks. The 37-year-old managed to claim an impressive fourth-placed finish in Baku but was made to work hard due to his Mercedes car bouncing violently on the long home straight.

LEWIS HAMILTON held his back in agony as he got out of his car following the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and is a doubt for next week's Canada GP.The Brit v.

"Canada… It is just what we have to deal with at the moment. Whatever boat you are in it is not a pleasant one." "Support… I don't know what the solution is. Pleased to be on the podium. In the end you are just praying for it to end. I was pretty pleased to see the race come to a close.

Lewis Hamilton was in agony after being forced to drive with back pain at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

“We’re in such a good position still, third and fourth is a great result for the team,” he added. I don’t think I’ve ever really had to think about that as a racing driver, keeping it out of the wall at that high speed, very strange experience. I have to think of all the people that rely on me to get those points so that’s really what I was focused on. The battle with the car was intense. "There were a lot of moments where I didn’t know if I was going to make it. “I’m sorry for the back also, we will sort ourselves out.”

Lewis Hamilton was left holding his back in pain after getting out of his car following the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and is a doubt for next week's Canada GP.

But this is definitely the worst for me. Hamilton continued: 'The battle with the car was intense. I was just praying for it to end.' It is a very strange experience.' 'I was just holding and biting down on my teeth due to the pain. He later admitted he had concerns about reaching the chequered flag.

Lewis Hamilton has revealed the pain caused by the bouncing of his Mercedes left him "praying for the end" of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday.

"You're just smashing the ground every single corner and lap for an hour and a half, it's pretty brutal. "It got worse and worse, and I sympathise with everyone that's had it now. The majority of us are in the same boat, either you’ve got porpoising and the car is bouncing up and down and hitting the floor, or you don’t and you have to run the car millimetres from the ground and you’re hitting the floor lap after lap. "The team did a great job with the strategy. At the end, you're just praying for it to end." I don’t know what the solution is to be honest.

Hamilton's car was bouncing severely on the long home straight in Baku, and the Brit complained several times on his team radio about the issue. At the end of ...

“It is a horrible frequency for the head and also for the back at the same time,” Hill added. I think that most of the drivers have now come to the conclusion that it’s really bad. Hamilton finished fourth in Baku, behind Russell and the two Red Bull drivers Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz as both Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were unable to finish the race. It is just not an ideal state of play at all and he has probably scuffed a bit of skin off his lower back I should think. “It is a mild thing, but it is headbanging all the way round. Hamilton’s car was bouncing severely on the long home straight in Baku, and the Brit complained several times on his team radio about the issue.

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It would seem unfair to penalise those who have done a decent job versus those who have missed the target slightly." Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, whose drivers finished one-two in the race, said: "The easiest thing is to raise the car. I have to think of all the people who rely on me to get the points. The battle with the car was intense. "I nearly lost it in the high-speed (corners) several times. They felt they had fixed one of the causes with car upgrades two races ago in Spain, but it has returned in a different form since.

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Meanwhile, Hamilton later revealed how he had managed to still produce such a good performance despite clearly being in a lot of discomfort. No other person is allowed to touch a driver until they are weighed by the stewards after a race, to prevent any form of tampering. He raced through the pain to finish fourth, an impressive result considering his discomfort and the car's performance struggles.

Such is the back pain Lewis Hamilton is suffering, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says his driver may miss the next race in Canada.

“At this stage I think he is maybe the worst affected of all drivers. And at the end, you are just praying for it to end.” At Mercedes, the bouncing W13 has led to severe back pain for Hamilton, the seven-time former World Champion revealing he had been “praying” for the race to end.

Lewis Hamilton has described the physical agony he suffered during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Mercedes' 'porpoising' problems continue.

The Ferrari drivers and even Max was saying how tough it is. They did a really good job with the strategy and once we fix this bouncing we’ll be right there in the race. ‘No one is saying this to try and get an advantage.

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Max Verstappen cruised to the easy win in Azerbaijan ahead of Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez in second. "He's really bad," Wolff said of Hamilton. "We have just got to find a solution. At this stage I think he is maybe the worst affected from all drivers.

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There were a lot of moments when I didn’t know whether I was going to keep the car on track. According to sources in Italy, he is currently safe in post. At this stage in the new era of Formula One, eight races in, they are third best, way off Red Bull and Ferrari. When it did, he sat in the cockpit and summoned help. Russell showed no signs of back pain as he gadded about the podium. Hamilton, in contrast, ‘prayed’ for the race to end.

LEWIS HAMILTON struggled with back problems in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday.

"I was pretty pleased to see the race coming to a close," Russell said. "That's the only thing, biting down on my teeth through pain and just adrenaline," he said. But fears grew halfway into the race when the seven-time World Champion was overheard on his team radio complaining that his back was hurting as a result of Mercedes' ever-porpoising vehicle bouncing up and down throughout the race.