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 Russell despite having softer tyres at t🌄he restart.
Russell pulled five seconds clear of Hamilton by the🐼 chequered flag and fini൲shed in P4.
Hamilton ran an alternative strategy by starting on hard tyres but felt it was the wrong call, while he also lamented his ch🍌oice of set-up direction.
“We got some grea𒐪t points as a team,” Hamilton told Sky. “George got third, which is amazing.
“I wen🦋t 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 come f🍌rom seventh to fifth.
“Strategy just didn’t really work out fo✨r me. Set-up༒ was a bit off. I think if I had the set-up that George had I would have been in a bit of a better position.
“Lots to wo👍rk on but there are positives to take from it.”
Asked how much of a say he ha𓃲d on his set-up, Hamilton replied: “We work on that. There was like a 50-50 choice. I 💫chose one way and he chose another.
“More often than notౠ, the way he went is the wrong one. But it just happened 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 better place next time.”
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