Despite having his best finish of the season in fourth place at the Canadian Grand Prix, seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton was only able to talk about his mistakes in his post-race remarks.
Following “one of the worst races I’ve ever driven” at the Canadian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton cut a frustrated figure.
In appearances, the seven-time Formula 1 champion had a good day. George Russell, his teammate, stole the lead from him as he started seventh on the grid and managed to stay out of trouble to climb three places to finish fourth.
Sky Sports Formula One showcased Rachel Brookes reasoned that Hamilton would be happier than he had been following his qualifying run the day before. However, the Mercedes driver wasn’t; rather, he was more concerned with being critical of himself than with finding the positive.
“Over the weekend, it was just a really poor performance from myself,” Hamilton said glumly. While there were other factors at play yesterday, I was primarily responsible. After that, today’s race was among the worst I’ve ever driven in. I made a lot of mistakes, but I would have been in a much better position if I had qualified better.
“It is what it is, really. I’ll start over at the beginning. Positively speaking, a huge, big thank you to the entire factory team for advancing this car. We can now fight with it, which is a huge plus as we move into the upcoming portion of the season.
“It will be a close fight because we should have some more upgrades coming. I’ll eventually see better outcomes if I get my mental health in order.” In fact, Mercedes’s performance was highly encouraging as it was their best of the current season.
More importantly, their vehicles could compete with the McLarens. Though more information from various circuits will be required to confirm that it wasn’t an isolated incident, Mercedes can begin to believe that they are on the verge of resuming their position at the front of the grid.
Hamilton also believed that Montreal was offering more. “I believe the car was capable of winning this past weekend,” he continued. This isn’t a very pleasant feeling because of that. However, we’ll accept the points and keep going and trying.
Russell finished ahead of his teammate on the podium, but even he expressed regret in his post-race speech, calling it “a missed opportunity.” He remarked, “I paid the price for a few mistakes I made there when pushing to the limit. Nevertheless, the year’s first podium!
We race because it’s fun, and this weekend we had a really fast car and were back in the mix fighting for the win. We’ll take heart from the weekend’s achievements, which include our first podium and pole position of the year, as we move forward.
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