Lewis Hamilton said he was only human after making a rare mistake in a rollercoaster of an Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on Sunday.
The error left the seven-time world champion staring at a rare retirement before recovering to fight back and finish second.
In a race that resembled a high-speed game of snakes and ladders, the Mercedes driver went from pole to second to a standstill, staring at the barriers and fearing his race was over, then ninth and a lap down and back onto the podium.
The mistake? Rare from Hamilton 🤯
The recovery? Classy, determined, and skilful as ever 😎#ImolaGP 🇮🇹 #F1 pic.twitter.com/sIZcfpT528
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 18, 2021
It was, he said, like an afternoon from his youth when he would fight his way back through the field with “a dodgy old go-kart”….
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