Lewis Hamilton felt he “lost a bit of power” which led to poor start at Spanish GP
Lewis Hamilton reflects on a rare poor st🍸art on t🅘he opening lap of the Spanish Grand Prix.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton was left to rue a sluggish start on the opening lap of the F1 Spanish Grand Prix, suggesting🍃 it could have been a loss of power.
Starting from third on the grid, Hamilton was swamped by Mercedes teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell and the two Ferraris into Turn 1.
Hamiltoಌn was brave on𓃲 the brakes into the first corner as he recovered to fourth behind Lando Norris.
The seven-time world champion lost out to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz through the pit stop phase before rec🦩overing throughout the race.
Hamilton ultimately overtook Ruꦬssell in the closing phase of the race to secure his first podium of the year.
Reflecting on his top three finish in Barcelona, Hamilton told Sky Sports: “It’s been a really, really great weekend. Wha🍌t can I say? It’s been a minute since I’ve had a result like this. I am very, very happy. I feel a bi🐻t light which is nice.
“I had a lot of great support here actually which I feel over the years has grown. A big🌳 thank you to ever🐻yone that’s here and everyone that continued to stick it out with me. I had a really bad start which was unfortunate.
“Not quite sure what happened🐲. I felt like I lost a bit of power in the second phase. I was surrounded by the Ferraris which was not so easy but then to𒐪 come back from there is pretty awesome.
“I thi👍nk ultimately if I’d got the start I should have got I would have been much closer to those guys.”
Hamilton pulled off an impressive manoeuvre on Sainz on Lap 19 after the fi🃏rst pit stop phase.
The pair ♚touched wheels as Hamilton went down the inside into Turn 1, leading to Sainz complaining over team radio.
The stewards decided 🌃not to investigate the incident.
Hamilton felt his overtake on Sainz was “clean” and he left as much space as💫 he physically could.
“Pretty awesome for me,” h🗹e added. “I think it was clean. Ultimately, he didn’t cover the inside fully. He left the door open which I went for.
“A late 🎃move, got up alongside, we were wheel-to-wheel. He was still on the track so I left him space 🔥as much as I could.”
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