Lewis Hamilton says this 12 months’s Ferrari is probably the most troublesome automotive he’s ever pushed within the moist at Silverstone, after ending fourth within the British Grand Prix.
Ferrari’s hopes had been excessive going into qualifying on Saturday after spectacular tempo within the dry on each high and low gasoline, however Q3 in the end led to disappointment with Hamilton fifth and teammate Charles Leclerc sixth. Moist climate offered a chance to make fast progress however Hamilton light after placing early strain on eventual winner Lando Norris, and was unable to shut the hole to Nico Hulkenberg late on.
“Troublesome day I feel for everyone,” Hamilton stated. “Not the outcome that I hoped for, however received some factors nonetheless … It was probably the most troublesome automotive I’ve pushed right here in these situations.
“I used to be placing [Norris] below numerous strain. I had an opportunity on Lando into Flip 15. After that I simply struggled to maintain up, the tires dropped off massively. The automotive was unbelievably difficult to drive.
“I feel, in the end, I discovered so much, there’s heaps to take from the day. It is solely my second time driving within the moist on this automotive. I can not even specific to you ways laborious it’s. It is not a automotive that likes these situations.
“However having a number of information to take from this, for me it is to take a seat down with the individuals which might be designing the automotive for subsequent 12 months, as a result of there’s components of this automotive that may go into the next 12 months.”
Ferrari workforce principal Fred Vasseur admits the workforce didn’t make the right calls with its technique both, though he factors on the market had been different components that made decision-making a problem.
“You may say now that it was most likely one lap too early [to fit slicks], as a result of he went straight in Flip 3 and 4 and he misplaced 4 or 5 seconds in these two corners,” Vasseur stated. “However [Fernando] Alonso pitted earlier than and he was already sooner in some corners than all the blokes on intermediates.
“It’s the form of scenario that in the event you wait the others do it earlier than you and it’s at all times too late and I feel it’s fairly straightforward to say after the race ‘first pit cease would have been higher one lap earlier than, second pit cease one lap later’.
“However actually on this, when it’s important to take the choice on the pit wall it’s at all times a tough one since you at all times should anticipate. And on prime of that we misplaced the GPS of Lewis for the entire race and that meant we had been utterly blind and we didn’t know the place the automotive was. It was a troublesome one.”