Ex-F1 strategist Bernie Collins believes168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton’s lack o🍌f pace dur🍌ing the Monaco Grand Prix weekend was “more worrying” than the issues he had over team radio.

Mo🌜naco was🍌 another difficult weekend for Hamilton in Ferrari colours.

He finished a distant fifth, nearly 50 seconds behind teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc.

Hamilton was on the back foot going into the race after picking up a three-place grid penalty for impeding 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen.

It came after Hamilton was misinꦚformed about whether Verstappen was ✃on a hot lap or not.

This confusion over team radio ♐continued in the race, with Hamilton unsure about who he was fighting in Monaco.

Speaking on the latest episode of the Sky F1 podcast, Collins explained why ܫHamilton’s lack of pace during the middle part of the race was a cause for concern.

“I was a🔯 bit surprised that at the second pit stop, Lewis had lost enough time that Piastri could box and come out in🍬 front of him,” she said.

So the pace was off, and what we’ve seen with the new regulation is t🐼hat the top five were all pushing; in previous races, that wasn’t the case.

“Lewis just wasn’t able to push and stay with 💦them, which is surprising given how much Lewis loves Monaco. He seemed much more confident than Leclerc was, so that is more worrying for me than the qualifying rad🌜io stuff.”

Sky F1 commentator David Croft interjected and suggested that Hamilton was potent𝕴ially backing off to help teammate Leclerc ahead.

Collins was unsure about Croft’s theory.

“There was no one directly b𒊎ehind Lewis. Lewis was very much on his own in no man’s land in that middle bit,” Collins added.

“Definitely the sꦡecond half of the race. I am not really sure what went on through then.”

Will Hamilton bounce back in Barcelona?

Over the years, the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona has been a happy hunting ground for Hamilt🐽on.

He 𒀰was unbeaten at the Spanish circuit between 20♓17 and 2021 for Mercedes.

Even൩ during his lean years for the team, Hamilton made it onto the podium.

Hamilton finished second behind Verstappen in 🀅2023 and followed it up with another rostrum appearance in 2024.

With Hamilton struggling for𝔉 outright 🎀pace relative to Leclerc since the China sprint, it’s a great chance to get his season back on track.