Lewis Hamilton laments choice of set-up compared to George Russell at F1 Saudi Arabian GP
The seven-time world champion was left seventh on the grid for Sunday’s race in Jeddah after a poor qualifying in which he ended up four places behind Russell, before admitting he 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“doesn’t feel connected” to Mercedes’ 2023 F1 car.
Hamilton made progress in the race - aided by a Safety Car period - to take fifth, though he was unable to find a way past R🥀ussell despite having softer tyres at the restart.
Russell pulled five seconds cle🏅ar of Hamilton by the cheque🅷red flag and finished in P4.
H🔯amilton ran an alternative strategy by starting on hard tyres but felt it was the wrong call, while he also lamented his🅰 choice of set-up direction.
“We got some great points as a team,” Hamilton told Sky🅠. “George got third, which is am✨azing.
“I went forwards, which is always the hope, to at leats go forwards, one foot in front of the other. So🎉 I’m really grateful to have c💃ome from seventh to fifth.
“Strategy just didn’t really work out for me. Set-up was a bit off. I think if I had the s🙈et-up that George had I would have been in a bit o🗹f a better position.
“Lots to w♋ork on but there are positives to take from it.”
Asked how much of a say he had on his set-up, Hamilton replied: “We work on that. There was like a 50-50 choice. I chose one way and he c🐈hose another.
“More often than not, the way he went is the wrong one. But it just h🧸appened to work.
"So I could only match his pace than be quicker this weekend. But I’ll work hard to make sure we are in a bett🌃er pl𝕴ace next time.”
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