Hamilton: ‘The accident was really strange’

Race Hamilton A Austin lasted only three laps. Seven-time world champion, as it happened with Russell the day before, he flew off the track at turn 19, losing control of his car. Mercedes. La W15 he had rather ambiguous behavior in Texas very sensitive to changes. The updates didn’t work as expected, but still… Lewis he would have liked to change the setup before the race and start from the pits like his teammate, apparently he had no feeling for the car, but the team did not want that, and the end result clearly demonstrated this.

“I had a great start and thought we were in for a positive race. Hamilton said. I was just managing the tires when the accident happened and it was a really strange moment. I didn’t push too hard, but at Turn 19 the car jumped a little and I lost the rear end and that was it. At the moment when I turned, we had a strong gust of wind, up to 40 km/h, which probably did not help. George also experienced the same thing as me yesterday, so we will work hard to analyze both incidents and see what we can learn.”

“I feel sorry for the team who worked so hard to deliver these updates. From here we just need to look forward and try to improve. Hopefully we can get the car in a better position for the race in Mexico next week and we will all work hard to achieve that.”