“Awesome” Canadian GP qualifying felt like my F1 debut

Hamilton achieved the best Saturday result of his troubled 2022 season after what he called a “disastrous” Friday when his Mercedes team tried a revised floor in FP1, which was quickly discarded.

It also came after he had just a few days to recover from the battering that his back took in the Azerbaijan GP, when he struggled to get out of the car at the end of the race.

“I can’t tell you how happy I am,” said Hamilton when asked by Autosport if he was satisfied with…