Hamiton believes that, in Monza, he was far from being able to compete for the race against the Dutchman
The Mercedes driver, Lewis Hamilton, considered that Max Verstappen has practically a victory sung in the Italian Grand Prix, this after experiencing a bad Saturday in the sprint standings and finishing in fifth place, while Valtteri Bottas, despite winning, will start from the pitlane after the engine change he suffered for this weekend.
The world champion acknowledged that this Sunday he must focus on beating the McLarens, which achieved an outstanding performance and will start in second and third place.
“I just have to try to move on to these two guys I have in front of me. I think they have more pace than you think they’ve had all year, ”he told Sky Sports Britain.
Hamilton admitted that this weekend “we lost a lot of points”, As Vertappen and Red Bull will start in first place and with a better car than McLaren could secure victory.
“They’ve seen the pace of Red Bull. I don’t know if he was faster than Valtteri, but they’re very fast, and now (Verstappen) is in pole position,” the seven-time world champion stressed.
Along the same lines, Hamilton mentioned that the Austrian team is showing improvements over every weekend at the RB16B, as the goal of the moisturizing drink team is to win the World Drivers ’Championship.
“They bring improvements every week. I think from what I’ve been told, there’s only one race where they haven’t brought an upgrade, and then they’re constantly adding performance to the car. They did a great job, but well done by Valtteri today, ”he said.
Hamilton acknowledged that the team did not know how to read the behavior of the soft compost well, so now they will have to think about the strategy for Sunday.
“I underestimate how well it would behave. Anyway, I have to try to figure out how I can get on the McLarens tomorrow, and try to limit the damage,” he concluded.
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