has described as “the worst race I’ve skilled” after ending sixth within the System 1 contest at Barcelona.
The seven-time world champion was in an especially downbeat temper, having crossed the road two spots decrease than he began earlier than gaining a place post-race resulting from ’s 10s penalty.
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This was regardless of begin from Hamilton, who took fourth from at Flip 1 however subsequently struggled for tempo till the top.
On lap 10 he was instructed by to let his sooner team-mate overtake, earlier than Hamilton dropped to seventh behind each vehicles by the pitstop cycle.
Though Hamilton finally regained sixth resulting from retiring late on, he dropped to seventh once more after ’s moved by alongside the start-finish straight through the penultimate lap.
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Hamilton was due to this fact in no temper to speak afterwards and delivered a really quick interview within the media pen, which went as follows:
Q: “Tough, difficult afternoon for you, and then you definitely received caught on used tyres on the finish. I assume you have been a little bit of a sitting duck there. A bit irritating, wasn’t it?”
Hamilton: “Everybody was on the identical tyres.”
Q: “The place was the tempo, although? You have been speaking about no rear grip from pretty early on, and that was the entire story, was it?”
Hamilton: “It naturally is.”
Q: “I do not suppose you have been capable of preserve the hole. Does the automobile really feel higher at any stage of the race, or is it simply the others?”
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Hamilton: “I don’t know why you’d say that.”
Q: “Not one single clue. With all of your expertise.”
Hamilton: “It is the worst race I’ve skilled.”
Q: “Any positives you’ll be able to extract for the weekend. So what is the plan between now and Canada? What are you going to have a look at, work on with the staff, simulate it?”
Hamilton: “I am occurring it.”
Q: “So the place do you go from right here?”
Hamilton: “House.”
Leclerc, who began in seventh, was in a extra upbeat temper after snatching a podium late on, having overtaken Verstappen on the lap 61 security automobile restart.
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It means Leclerc has claimed consecutive podium finishes after coming second in Monaco final weekend, however mentioned his third in Barcelona is extra satisfying because it got here as extra of a shock.
“It’s not like I am over the moon for a second or third place,” mentioned Leclerc, who’s fifth within the championship and 23 factors forward of sixth-placed Hamilton.
“However it nonetheless feels good as a result of coming to the weekend, I didn’t anticipate that. In Monaco, the frustration was large as a result of in FP1, FP2, FP3, we have been very sturdy. It was not the case right here, so we weren’t sturdy in FP1, FP2, FP3 or qualifying.
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“However I knew I had sacrificed high quality yesterday so as to be sturdy within the race in the present day, and it appears to repay with somewhat little bit of luck as nicely giving us the rostrum. So on that, it is a good shock.
“And I am very glad about our weekend, however I am not glad about our total efficiency. And on that, we have to do a step quickly.”
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