Lewis Hamilton took duty for a strategic misstep that noticed him qualify sixth for the Singapore Grand Prix Dash Race, trailing Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc in third.
Hamilton confirmed promising tempo through the first two segments on medium tires. Nevertheless, the seven-time world champion selected to run early in SQ3 somewhat than ready for optimum monitor evolution on the finish of the session.
That strategic gamble didn’t repay when the automobile switched to the comfortable compound.
“It was trying good in Q1 and Q2, after which I don’t actually know the place it went away,” Hamilton stated. “We did a barely totally different run plan to the others. It was my selection, and I believe I obtained that fallacious.”
Past the timing selection, Hamilton struggled with extreme rear stability points all through his remaining flying lap on the Mushy rubber.
“However in the end, simply the automobile was very oversteery on that lap,” he defined. “I don’t know if the rears weren’t prepared, or in the event that they’re overheating.”
“It was troublesome to say, nevertheless it was very, very snappy, oversteery, and it simply wasn’t a great lap general.”
“On the Mediums, it was good. Simply a lot totally different on the Softs. Numerous grip, however solely on the entrance and none on the rear.”
“It might be steadiness, however in the end, I had the tempo within the first two classes. After which rapidly, I didn’t have the grip on the rear for some motive on that final lap.”
Whereas Hamilton’s honesty about his tactical blunder is refreshing, blaming technique masks the deeper concern that he stays unable to coax predictable single-lap steadiness out of the Ferrari when the comfortable tyres chunk.
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