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Sports Illustrated
By Zach Koons The Mercedes driver failed to advance to Q2 for the first time since 2017. View the original article to see embedded media. Lewis Hamilton is no stranger to making history in Formula One, but on Saturday evening, he looked far from his record-breaking form in qualifying at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver struggled to find pace in the car throughout the early stages of the evening in Jeddah. He ended up 16th after the first round of qualifying, a mere 0.087 seconds off of Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll, who finished in 15th place. Hamilton hovered around the elimina…