168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton has revealed he picked up possible damage to his Mercedes F1 car as he explained why he swapped positions with teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell.

T♔he seven-time world champion, who is moving to Ferrari next year, endured a frustrating Japanese Grand Prix as he finished ninth and two places behind Russell.

Hamilton voluntarily gave up position to Russell in the e♉arly stages of Sunday’s race at Suzuka after coming over team radio to suggest a swap.

"I think I picked up a bit of damage at the beginning with Charles [Leclerc], he came around the outside🍷,” Hamilton explained to Sky.

"I had huge understeer for 🗹the first stint. 🅠I couldn’t turn the car through any of the corners. That’s why I let George by.”

Hamilton implored midw♏ay through the race for his Mer﷽cedes team to “change the strategy” after a bold call to switch to hard tyres following a first-lap red flag failed to pay off.

Asked what could have been gained if Mercedes opted for a different strategy, Hamilton replied: “Nothingܫ, I don’t think. I don’t know what the different strategy would have been.

“Whether it was the mediums to start with? But we still had two🎶 terrible hard tyres to run through. It was a real challenge today.

“The hard tyre was pretty bad. The medi🧔u♎m tyre was much better.

"So yes, for sure, in 𝓀hindsig🍷ht, it looks like we should have had two medium tyres. But, in general, the car was pretty bad today.”

Hamiltonꦺ was optimistic after a positive Friday practice in Japan, saying Mercedes had their “best session of the year", but he ended up downbeat after another topsy-turvy weekend.