After his worst qualifying performance in 12 races, Lewis Hamilton doubts he will be able to recover from his fourth place grid position at the Russian Grand Prix.
In an uncharacteristic dip in form, Hamilton was half a second off the pace of the battle for pole position at Sochi, leaving him behind the two Ferraris and Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas on Sunday's grid. After struggling to extract the maximum performance from Pirelli's tyres during practice on Friday, Hamilton said he encountered a different issue on Saturday as the tyres started to work and the underlying setup of the car left him with armfuls of oversteer.