During the Singapore Grand Prix, Mercedes left Lewis Hamilton infuriated.
The various tactics used against him and his Mercedes teammate George Russell during the Singapore Grand Prix, according to Lewis Hamilton, left him “so angry” and “perplexed.” Despite his insistence that he ought to be on medium tires, the seven-time world champion was instructed to begin on soft tires.
Only Hamilton and Daniel Ricciardo began on the softs; RB chose to start Daniel Ricciardo on the outside as well. However, the Mercedes driver had a difficult race and had to make an early pit stop on lap 17.
After switching to hard tires, the 39-year-old still had problems. Russell placed fourth, and he came in sixth.
Hamilton said, “I was perplexed by it, I’ve never really been in that position,” during a Petronas event in Kuala Lumpur. We’ll divide the strategies if George has qualified well and I don’t make it into the top 10. But it didn’t make sense to me when we were so close.
“I therefore tried my hardest to start on the medium tire, but the team insisted that I start on the soft. Upon removing the covers, all of them were wearing mediums.
Russell chimed in, saying, “I knew Lewis wouldn’t be happy when I saw that.”
Hamilton went on to express his rage, saying, “I was so angry.” I’m irritated already because of that. The guys ahead were moving too quickly for me to keep up with, despite my best efforts. I made every effort to extend the life of that tire.
“I knew that the race was over for me when I had to stop on lap 17. I anticipated that the hot tire would be difficult to use.
Hamilton, who will leave Mercedes at the end of the current campaign to join Ferrari, has once again found it difficult to put up consistent results at Mercedes.
“It is hard to describe the range of emotions you feel when we have a difficult race like that,” he said following Sunday’s race. Everyone is still being put to the test this year, but we are all trying our hardest. We don’t always get things right, and our strategy wasn’t working today.
“We’re working hard to figure out why we’ve lost some form to the leaders in the last few races.”
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