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Lewis Hamilton surprisingly asked Mercedes to let him retire from the Qatar Grand Prix mid-race on Sunday. The seven-time world champion was going through the pit lane after he incurred a penalty. Hamilton, understandably devastated, asked his race engineer if he could withdraw from the race.
After a scintillating display of performance in Las Vegas, Hamilton's Qatar GP outing turned out to be catastrophic. The Mercedes driver received not one, but two penalties, and suffered a puncture to see his race get ruined right before his eyes.
The British driver started the race from P6, but after two penalties and a puncture, he was down in the last. Witnessing his fall from grace, Hamilton asked if he could retire his W-15 as he was crossing the Mercedes garage in the pit lane.
