Mercedes knew going to the Monaco Grand Prix their car would struggle to deliver the type of performance the team are accustomed to, nevertheless reigning F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton limited the damage by finishing third in a tough race which kept him in the championship lead by 14 points.
He spoke about his afternoon at the Principality during interviews after the race.
Difficult weekend. You mentioned after qualifying it was about damage limitation. You still gave it you all out there but that was the best you could get today – third place?
LH: Well firstly, a big congratulations to Red Bull and to Daniel, they did a great job this weekend. Ultimately they were the quickest all weekend and we knew that would be the case. Yeah, it would have been nice to be second, but I did everything I could. But it was an interesting race. Well, I believe it was an interesting race.
LH: Well firstly, a big congratulations to Red Bull and to Daniel, they did a great job this weekend. Ultimately they were the quickest all weekend and we knew that would be the case. Yeah, it would have been nice to be second, but I did everything I could. But it was an interesting race. Well, I believe it was an interesting race.
Today, we saw you lapping four, five, six seconds off the pace for pretty much the entire race. How do you feel about that?
LH: We were probably just cruising around from lap six, maybe. Literally cruising. So it wasn’t really racing.
LH: We were probably just cruising around from lap six, maybe. Literally cruising. So it wasn’t really racing.
What did you learn from the hypersoft this weekend, going forward to Montreal? Do you think it’s a tyre you’re going to be able to push hard for a whole stint in Montreal?
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