Lewis Hamilton irked Guenther Steiner when he called himself “useless” at the Hungarian Grand Prix, as he says it’s an “attitude that people should feel sorry for you”.

Hamilton had a torrid time on the track leading up to F1’s annual summer break as he failed to progress to Q3 in three successive qualifying sessions.

Guenther Steiner: Just feeling sorry for yourself

The Briton suffered a double elimination at the Belgian Grand Prix, spinning out of SQ1 and then losing his fastest lap time through a track limit violation in qualifying.

Apologising to Ferrari, Hamilton said it was “unacceptable to be out in both Q1s, it’s a very, very poor performance from myself”.

His mood wasn’t lifted a week later when he bombed out of qualifying in 12th place while his team-mate Charles Leclerc p

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