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Lewis Hamilton crashed into the wall during the final phase of qualifying for the European Grand Prix and admitted that it was all his own doing .
Speaking after qualifying , where his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg qualified on pole , Hamilton was not looking for excuses , “ It ’ s a fine line between being on it and not being on it – and I just wasn ’ t on it , I wasn ’ t hitting the apexes , the right braking zones , none of it was in the right place .”
“ I had a fantastic rhythm [ in practice ] but zero in [ qua ; ifying ],” said the reigning F1 world champion . “ Sometimes it happens . Obviously , I have to try and get up as high as possible . It is damage limitation from here and I will do what I can .”
“ The team did make a change to something but I was just not on it . It was a rough session , just one of those sessions that you don ’ t need . These kind of days come and go , and you have to take the rough with the smooth . The car was generally good , I just was not able to get into a rhythm .”
Hamilton scythed Rosberg ’ s championship points lead from 43 to 9 in three races , the Briton
winning the last two in a row . But he acknowl was back in damage limitation in Baku , “ I hig can win the race but I will do my best to try a points as I can . Nico has got a pretty easy ru