It’s not often Lewis Hamilton is tempted to give up in Formula 1. He nearly did just that Sunday, discussing with his Mercedes team over the radio whether it would be best to retire the car as his Qatar Grand Prix went from bad to worse.

Lewis Hamilton apologized to Mercedes following the Qatar Grand Prix, taking responsibility for on-track incidents.

In Qatar this weekend, he was a sizable margin behind Russell, who was awarded pole after qualifying second and taking advantage of an unprecedented one-place grid penalty for original pole-sitter Verstappen after he was judged to be driving unnecessarily slowly on a cool-down lap.

During a strange, penalty-fueled Qatar GP, a defeated Lewis Hamilton pleaded to retire — only for the request to be denied.

Lewis Hamilton opted not to follow Peter Bonnington’s request to retire his W15 during the latter stages of the Qatar Grand Prix but later apologised to his Mercedes crew for picking up two unusual penalties at the Lusail International Circuit.

Lewis Hamilton has apologised to Mercedes for two mistakes he made in the Qatar Grand Prix as he ended up finishing 12th. The British racing superstar has struggled to find his best form in recent weeks as his Mercedes career nears its end.

Lewis Hamilton said he does not care about the final races of his Mercedes career and his just looking forward to the end of the season. Hamilton has two more races in Mercedes colours but rather than enjoying them,