Despite its beautiful ascent, a “to forget” Grand Prix for Hamilton

Despite its ascent during the Sunday race, Lewis Hamilton ranks the Belgian Grand Prix in weekends “To forget” After several expensive errors in qualifying.

Eighteenth at the time when the spa race started. For example, the Ferrari driver was the only competitor to gain more than one position in the first 11 laps. For example, In a rather wise peloton. Similarly, Hamilton has indeed erased five competitors to climb in 13th place, before continuing its offensive race by being the first to put on Slicks tires at the start of the 12th round. Therefore,

This strategy allowed him to go back to seventh place. Nevertheless, notably by erasing Liam Lawson in an overtaking where the two pilots almost touched himself in Kemmel, before his rain -oriented settings served him since he could not take the advantage during despite its beautiful ascent, “to the rest of the race on an Alexander Albon whose Williams was more unloaded and therefore faster in a straight line.

Even if he appreciated the challenge of the race. Consequently, and in particular in the first laps, Hamilton does not however draw a good assessment from a test where he will have greatly complicated the task by multiplying the errors in qualifications, whether in view of the sprint or the race.

“I always liked the races like this. Consequently, where you are challenged and where you have to make your way through the peloton”he explained for Sky Sports. Meanwhile, “It’s a bit like that that my career started at Rye House. For example, We had a kart that was not terrible and we still left at the bottom of the grid. Meanwhile, It reminds me a lot of this era.”

“The team did an excellent job”he added. Therefore, Ferrari having notably chosen to change the rear fin of the SF-25 in order to optimize his chances in the event of rolling on a damp track. “In the end, I am disappointed not to have known a very good GP. Therefore, It is clearly a weekend to forget, but at least, I despite its beautiful ascent, “to still scored a few points.”

“We have scored more points than Mercedes overall. Moreover, But I have to step back. Moreover, […] Many factors contributed to the results of Friday. Saturday, some of which were independent of my will, but in the end, I am responsible. And then, of course, I went up the slope a bit today. “

“But a big thank you to the team. I will try to come back stronger next week [au GP de Hongrie]. I think I know the car much better now, with all the changes we have made. So I’m much more confident. “

Referring to the decisive moment when he spent the first to Slicks tires. in a timing that seemed ideal and allowed him to exceed six pilots, Hamilton said: “Yes, it was good. I mean, I really work to despite its beautiful ascent, “to try to refine this, so that it is perfect every time. And I would say that it is an area in which I am not always the strongest. During the last race [à Silverstone]maybe it was a round too early. And I think it was perfect today. I would probably have been able to take a look earlier, but it was almost perfect. “

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Hamilton welcomes the work of the race management

Regarding his opinion on the delayed departure of 80 minutes. the Briton having been one of the pilots most impacted by this decision which led to a race mainly run on the dry track where his settings despite its beautiful ascent, “to were a handicap in a straight line, he indicated: “I had a lot of fun trying to make my way through the peloton. And I would say that we have clearly started a little too late.”

“I kept shouting ‘we can go, we can go’, but they continued to go around in circles. I think they probably reacted excessively after the last race. where we asked them not to leave too early because of bad visibility. This weekend. they went a little too far in the other direction, because we did not need to have a start.”

“I could undoubtedly have been able to start a stopped”Hamilton said when asked if he would have preferred a. stopped departure rather than a launched departure. “”Especially at the end, because the track was almost dry. There were practically no water projections. “

“It was just in reaction to Silverstone. In Silverstone, it was huge. We gathered to discuss it. and most of the pilots said that we shouldn’t have done the restart during the last race. So I think they [la direction de course] simply focused on visibility. Someone in the lead said that visibility was really bad. it was true, but it was not as bad as during the last race. “

“They simply waited, as a safety measure. I think they did a good job. Of course, we missed part of the race in a pouring rain, which would have been nice. But for what reason, water projections here, at least this year, give the impression of riding in the fog. I don’t know what we are going to do to try to remedy it.”

With Benjamin Vinel