It’s a fatalistic Lewis Hamilton who arrived at the journalists’ microphones in the wake of the podium. For his 181st race equipped with a Mercedes engine, a record in this matter, the focus of discussions obviously revolved around his poor start.<\/p>\n
From his pole position, the Englishman fell to sixth place within 638 meters! But his engineers apparently gave him a bad feeling: \u00ab Of course, the victory was lost from the start. I knew that my engineers were worried and nervous, which is why I still tried to reassure them.<\/i> \u00bb<\/p>\n
That being said, the worst happened nonetheless, overtaken by Rosberg, but also by the two Ferraris, Bottas, and Ricciardo: \u00ab *I don’t know what happened. I’ll try to understand that later. I did everything normally. I proceeded exactly as usual. I think I had a lot of wheel spin, a bit like Nico’s start at Hockenheim.* \u00bb<\/p>\n
Even if Hamilton refrained from giving a precise explanation in the heat of the moment, a capricious clutch would seem to be the cause of his troubles today: \u00ab We have a rather inconsistent clutch. In the past, it was easier to properly heat up the clutch’s temperature. Now, it’s less easy to know if the clutch will work well or not.<\/i> \u00bb<\/p>\n
After this problem, his race was still salvaged, with overtakes on Bottas, then on Ricciardo, before passing the two Ferraris thanks to his one-stop strategy: \u00ab I could see Nico flying away, after that, the chances of winning diminished lap by lap, second by second. I knew then that winning the race wouldn’t be possible, but at least I tried. It’s hard to overtake here. I climbed back to second: that was the best result I could achieve. <\/i>\u00bb<\/p>\n
Aerial on Saturday, disillusioned on Sunday: that will be the outcome of Lewis Hamilton’s Transalpine weekend. Fortunately for him, he will arrive in two weeks in Singapore as the leader of the driver standings. A leader certainly looking for revenge, on a circuit that had not been very successful for his Mercedes. As a reminder, the Englishman had retired due to an accelerator problem while Nico Rosberg finished in a rather modest fourth place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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