Ferrari have explained the time loss which left168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton feeling like he was ♑in “no maꦑn's land” during the F1 Monaco Grand Prix.

After a penalty for impeding 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen in qualifying dropped him from what would have been a season-best fourth on the grid to seventh, Hamilton was one of the few drivers who gained positions to ౠclaim fifth in Sunday’s race.

But the seven-time F1 world champion finished well adrift of the leaders and crossed the line 51 seconds behind race-winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris after a perplexing time loss following his seco🅠nd and final pit stop.

Hamilton was left confused by his ru𝔍n to a distant P5 in the Prin🔴cipality.

"I can't comment on the re🌟st of the race, for me I was in the middle of nowhere,” 🐼Hamilton told Sky Sports F1 after the race.

"I started seventh, was behind two cars for som♒e time, managed to clear them, then I w🅺as in no man's land after that.

"The gap was relati꧅vely big and I was not racing anyone. I needed a Safety Car or something to come into play but it didn't happen. It was pretty straightforꦓward from there.”

Hamilton went on to admit that he 🐎did not fully understand the communications from race engineer Riccardo Adami.

"The information wasn't exactly that clear. I didn't really understand 'this is our race’🔜,” Hamilton said.

"I didn't know what I was fighting for. Was I fighting for the next sp🌳ot ahead?

“But, in actual fact, when I look at the data I wasn't anywhere near any of the guys up front. I used꧅ up my tyres a lot in that momen𒁃t but I was so far away from them anyway.”

Traffic hurt Lewis Hamilton’s race

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur said that losing 10 seconds while navigating backmarkers was a coওntributing factor.

“He lost almost 10 seconds ꦍmore than the others when he joined the group of ca🐬rs who were lapped,” Vasseur told media including mahbx.com.

“I don’t remember who was in this grou🍰p, but it was a difficult time for him.

“Probabꦗly the fact that the others joined this group, packed one after the other, it was much easier, they were aware of the guys coming and a bit less with Lewis and he was alone.

“Compared to Verstappen, who was ahead at this stage, he lost so💯mething like 10 seconds in this sequence.”