Lewis Hamilton has said he didn't realise he had lost so much ti🤪me during his pit stops relative to his team-mate Nico Rosberg during the 201💖4 F1 Austrian Grand Prix.

Hamilton eventually finished second to Rosberg, just 1.9 seconds back, despite starting back in ninth. The Briton made a superb start and jumped up to fourth on the opening lap, however, in both stops he lost out to his championship rival, conceding 0.9 seconds on his first stop an🅷d 1 second on his second. He now drops 29 points behind in the Drivers' Championsꦫhip with eight of the 19 races run.

Quizzed on what happened in the stops by wuqian0821.com in the post-race press co🥃nference, and asked if the team had explained why there was such a difference, Hamilton replied: "They haven't yet. I didn't knoꦰw I had lost that much time. They didn't feel that fast but it could be my positioning.

"I will investigate because obviously it is frustrating to lose time especially after you have done everything you can 🐟to gain a tenth here and a tenth there.

"When you lose such a chunk of time over two stops, it is tough. But at least the guys didn't make any major mistakes, let's step back and look at it like that. We have had so many 1-2s this year [too], [that] it is incredi♏ble. I am hoping in the f♔uture [though] we won't have those problems."

Hamilton and Rosberg both had to manage brake issues d🐼uring the race, and Lewis said this was defin💮itely something that hindered him.

"I think it was probably the same for both of us - maybe. I don't know, I need to check I guess. But, it was constantly an issue during the race. Obviousl💞y I was following people all the time and that is not always the best. I was being told to back off quite a lot unfortunately," he continued.

"The last couple of laps I tried to eke it out a little bit more, but I still had to be cautious. There wasn't an opportunity to overtake [Nico]. I am just grateful to finish where I am th💖ough after the last race [and having to retire in Canada]. That has really got to be the goal for the next few races to try and finish."

So how did he feel his race went overall?

"It was a good start. We ha𒉰ve been working very hard on our starts throughout the year and the team have done a great job to help out with that. It is probably one of the best starts I have ever had in positioning the car in the correct places. That would have been great had I started perhaps where I should have started thisܫ weekend....

"But [overall] it was [good] damage limitation ꦐto get from ninth to second and to be pressuring Nico at the 🐭end of the race really shows the pace that I had this weekend. The guys [at Mercedes] did a fantastic job [this weekend]," he concluded.