Lewis Hamilton says he needs to let go of the “horrible” feeling he felt after shedding Q1 on the Las Vegas Grand Prix and make a comeback from final place on the grid.
Ferrari gave the impression to be aggressive all through observe in Las Vegas, however Hamilton was unable to attain a clear lap in moist qualifying, bemoaning an absence of tire temperature, failing to appreciate he had damaged the checkered flag and unable to proceed pushing for the ultimate assault. Hamilton, who retired in twentieth place and was scheduled to start out from final on the grid, stated he was inspired by his automobile’s efficiency regardless of his decrease place.
“Clearly I really feel horrible and I do not really feel nice,” Hamilton stated. “However all I can do is simply let it go. I will attempt to get again (to racing).”
“When it comes to all of the observe periods, we did the whole lot we may when it comes to preparation…[FP3]felt nice and despite the fact that we did not get a lap on the finish, we felt like we have been the quickest and we got here out of qualifying twentieth.
“This 12 months is unquestionably essentially the most troublesome 12 months.
“I am going to do my greatest (to make a comeback). I believe I’ve pushed a very good automobile. It is actually, actually troublesome to come back again from twentieth place, however (I am going to do my greatest).”
Hamilton’s teammate Charles Leclerc additionally ended Q3 in ninth place after going off the monitor at Flip 12, resulting in a disappointing finish to qualifying, however Hamilton believes there’s something improper with the Ferrari automobile’s traits in moist situations.
“Since I joined the staff, we have now struggled very laborious to search out grip in these situations,” Leclerc instructed F1TV. “It is very irritating as a result of that was in all probability my greatest power within the junior class. And…we’re doing one thing improper. We turned the automobile over so we don’t know what it’s.”
“We had Lewis and naturally earlier than that Carlos (Sainz) from different groups, and so they gave us a really feel of the opposite automobiles. It is very troublesome to search out grip in our automobile.”
“Our automobile may be very unpredictable and that causes us to make lots of errors. It isn’t like we’re not making an attempt as a result of we have been making an attempt our greatest as a staff. For some purpose we simply have not discovered our manner but.”
