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F1 News: Hamilton owns up to his poor performance in Canada

Posted by AR1 staff

Lewis Hamilton was dejected after his poor performance in this past weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix qualifying and the race itself.

His Mercedes teammate George Russell has beaten the 7-time champion 8-1 in qualifying and a similar margin in the races.

Russell denied Hamilton a third place finish at the Canadian Grand Prix with a late race pass, making it the longest podium drought in the champion’s career.

Furthermore, Russell claimed pole position in Canada, with Hamilton starting the race in P7.

The British driver also seemed dejected on-track after receiving a team radio message from Toto Wolff.

As Hamilton drove back into the pitlane following a disappointing performance in Canada Mercedes Team Boss Toto Wolff said: “Lewis the positive is the car is back in performance. We get on from here.”

The champion did not respond to the message, instead parking his car and giving a light shake of the head before he jumped out of the W15.

Whether the dejection was a result of the team message or Hamilton’s own performance, it is clear he is frustrated with the situation at Mercedes.

Hamilton claimed it as one of the ‘worst races’ he had ever driven in an interview with Sky Sports.

“It was over the weekend just a really poor performance from myself. Yesterday, some other things came into it, but mostly myself,” Hamilton said.

“Then today, just one of the worst races that I’ve driven. Just lots of mistakes. But of course, if I’d have qualified better, I would have been in a much better position.

“So it is what it is. I will go back to the drawing board.”