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Hamilton learnt nothing from sprint race: 'Were slower than Haas'
- GPblog.com
Lewis Hamilton had a tough sprint race. The Briton was hit twice on the opening lap of the race, damaging his Mercedes. Hamilton eventually managed to secure one point with eighth place, but he could not do much in the battle with Haas.
At the start of the sprint race, things went wrong for Hamilton. The Briton ended up in a sandwich and had no way to go, hitting Pierre Gaslt's car. "There was no space where I could really go. It was an unfortunate incident but there was nothing else I could have done," the Briton told Sky Sports.
"Then it happened in Turn 3, so I was grateful to get through the first lap. Then I tried to catch up, but we were slow on the long straights, so you kind of stay in the same place," the seven-time world champion continued.
Hamilton: 'Slower than Haas'
After a few laps Hamilton found himself stuck behind Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher. After a tense battle, the Briton managed to get past Schumacher's car, but lost a lot of time. In the end, there was no more in it than eighth place.
"I didn't really learn anything in the race, except that we were slower than Haas on the straight. I have one in front of me now and not two, so we have to wait until we are out of the DRS train to try to gain positions. We will give everything on Sunday."