Lewis Hamilton lectures McLaren on their mistakes in the Italian GP
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Lewis Hamilton showed signs of frustration with his former F1 team, McLaren, after the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. The seven-time World Champion lectured the British team after the race, saying it was clear to him in the cockpit that McLaren were making key mistakes that would cost them victory.
McLaren have the chance to topple Red Bull and win both Formula 1 World Championships. They are well within touching distance (eight points) in the Constructors' Championship, and some will see them as favourites to leapfrog Red Bull in the standings at the next race in Baku. Meanwhile, Norris has a slim chance of winning the Drivers' World Championship. He has a 62-point gap to bridge with eight Grands Prix weekends remaining.
Hamilton gives his view on McLaren
Hamilton believes McLaren should've won the Italian Grand Prix despite what happened at the start of the race. "McLaren had the pace but they pushed too hard. They were doing much too faster laps early on and killed the tyres," Hamilton told Sky Sports.
"They must've planned for a two-stop, and that's why they were pushing so hard. If they had backed off and gone longer, they for sure could've made a one-stop. I was getting the information of the times they were doing and I thought 'there's no way their tyres would last at that pace," Hamilton said before congratulating his future teammate Charles Leclerc for doing a "fantastic job".
The Mercedes driver himself had a difficult weekend due to a qualifying session that made him furious with his own performance. The Brit later stated that he would've finished ahead of a Ferrari if he started higher up on the grid like his teammate George Russell.