Sseventh in Bahrain, ninth in Saudi Arabia, abandonment in Australia, ninth in Japan, ninth in China, sixth in Miami, sixth in Emilia Romagna and seventh in Monaco. These were the results of Lewis Hamilton in his last season with Mercedes F1 in 2024. Until it arrived Canadaone of its most successful grand prizes, and finished fourthhis best position on a Sunday.
However, the Englishman did not end up happy in Montreal. He fought with Fernando Alonsoat the beginning, and he managed to pass thanks to a better execution of his pit stop, dreamed of the podiumbut he lost it in the end against his partner, George Russell. A sanction could have been given to him, but the stewards they did not penalize to the young pilot of the star firm.
The seven-time champion was very critical of himself. “During the weekend, I had a very poor performance. On Saturday, a few other things came into play, but it was mostly myself, and then, the dominoes, one of the worst races I have ever done, many mistakes“he flatly proclaimed on Sky.
Self-criticism
The Briton pointed the finger at himself for not finishing higher. “I could have driven better, with fewer errors. He was trapped behind Fernando Alonso, he couldn’t do anything, I made many mistakes during the weekend in general, but I get a lot of positive aspects in terms of performance, so I will try to improve for the next race,” he said.
Starting by starting closer to the head of the grid. “If I had ranked betterI would have been in a better position, so it is what it is, I will go back to the board to see what happened,” he indicated.
New spoiler
Hamilton wanted to thank his people for having the new front spoiler and believes that it will be of great help for the second part of the campaign. “Thank you very much to everyone at the factory because It’s becoming a car we can fight with, That is the most positive thing for the next part of the season. I know there are more improvements ahead of us, so it’s going to be a close battle and, If I concentrate well, I will achieve better results sometime. I think this weekend the car was capable of winning, That’s why it’s not a great feeling, but we’ll take the points and we’ll keep trying,” he said.
