Lewis Hamilton says he’ll attempt to let go of the “horrible” feeling from his Q1 exit on the Las Vegas Grand Prix to battle again from final on the grid.
Ferrari appeared aggressive all through apply in Las Vegas however Hamilton didn’t get a clear lap throughout a moist qualifying, bemoaning a scarcity of tire temperature after which failing to maintain pushing for a ultimate try as he was unaware he had crushed the checkered flag. Dropping out in twentieth place and set to start out from the ultimate spot on the grid, Hamilton says the automobile efficiency is encouraging regardless of the lowly place.
“Clearly it feels horrible, it doesn’t really feel good,” Hamilton mentioned. “However all I can do is, I’ve simply bought to let go. I’ll attempt to come again [in the race].
“I’ve finished every thing I may probably do by way of preparation, by way of all of the apply classes … [FP3] was feeling wonderful, and I simply did not get a lap on the finish, however I felt like we had been quickest. And then you definately come out of qualifying twentieth.
“This yr is unquestionably the toughest yr.
“I am going to attempt [to come back]. I believe we have got a extremely good automobile. It’s going to be actually, actually laborious to come back again from twentieth, however [I’ll try].”
Hamilton’s teammate Charles Leclerc additionally had a irritating finish to qualifying as he went large at Flip 12 to complete up ninth in Q3, and the Monegasque believes there’s something improper with Ferrari’s automobile traits in moist circumstances.
“Since I joined the workforce we’ve been struggling massively at discovering the grip in these type of circumstances,” Leclerc informed F1TV. “It’s massively irritating as a result of it’s in all probability been my largest energy within the junior classes after which… We’re doing one thing improper. I don’t know what that’s as a result of we’ve turned the automobile the other way up.
“We’ve had Lewis and clearly Carlos [Sainz] earlier than that joined from different groups who may inform us the sensation that they had with the opposite automobiles. It’s simply extraordinarily tough to search out the grip with our automobile.
“It’s very, very unpredictable with our automobile which causes us to do plenty of errors. It’s not that we aren’t attempting as a result of as a workforce we’ve got tried completely every thing. For some purpose we simply haven’t discovered our manner but.”
