Lewis Hamilton also had a stroke of bad luck. He entered the pits just before the safety car came out, causing him to lose several positions and end up behind slower drivers with worn-out tires. Once the race resumed, the British driver managed to overtake them, just like his teammate, with a bit of audacity.<\/p>\n
The timing of the safety car wasn’t ideal! But I couldn’t get stuck in this frustration. I had to keep my head down and focus on the attack, explained the British driver.<\/p>\n
On a good pace, the seven-time world champion caught up to Carlos Sainz in the gearbox, but never managed to overtake him despite using the DRS.<\/p>\n
\u00ab I really enjoyed these battles with the cars around me. Sainz’s Ferrari was just a little faster than us on the straight, even with the DRS open. I gave it everything I had to try and pass him. \u00bb<\/p>\n
The Mercedes driver admitted to having less pace than in Melbourne, three weeks ago. He will now focus on this aspect during the upcoming races.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Briton fought hard against Carlos Sainz for the fifth spot, but he couldn’t manage to overtake him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":33817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[462,841],"class_list":["post-3807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-grand-prix-dazerbaidjan","tag-hamilton"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n