F1 Mexico City GP: Lewis Hamilton hits out at ‘awkward boos’, wanted different tyre strategy
The seven-time world champion was forced to settle for runner-up spot behind Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen for the second weekend on the trot as his wait for a first win of the🐠 season continued in Mexico.
Hamilton beat home hero168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Sergio Perez to second and was hജeard being jeered by sections of the crowd during his 🍸post-race interview.
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“T👍his has been an am🍒azing crowd,” Hamilton said. “Definitely a bit awkward this time around, boos all day.
“Nevertheless, I have so much love for൲ Mexico and the people here. What a great race and event they’ve put on this weekend.”
Hamilton started on the medium tyre as Mercedes gambled on a different strategy to Red Bull in their bid to end their winless drought, but it failed to pay off when a switch to hards didn’𒊎t work out.
Both Hamilton and M🌠ercedes teammate George Russell were unhappy with their hard tyres in the second stint, with Verstappen and Perez going soft-to-medium.
The Briton revealed he ꧟wanted to start the r༺ace on softs, matching the strategy of Verstappen and Perez.
“I was so close in that first stint,” Hamilton explained. “I thin💮k Red Bull was too fast today, I think ultimately they had the better tyre strategy.
"I’m not sure it was the right tyre in the end. I thou𓃲ght we should’ve started on the Softs, we had the opposite tyre. It was OK in the first stint, but that Hard tyre was just an offset.
“Congratulations to Max, it’🍎s great to be up here separating the two [Red Bull cars].”
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