Lewis Hamilton stated that he wasn’t aware of any engine problems before it went bust which led to him parking his W15 on the track and bringing out the Virtual Safety Car.
Speaking with F1.com, the Brit spoke about the issue and reflected:
“I didn’t feel [the power unit failing], it just went in one go. I didn’t feel it coming. Definitely frustrating because it was so early in the race, it was open to be able to progress forward and on a different strategy to everyone. But these things happen.”
When asked if he had learned anything from the race, Hamilton, who will leave Mercedes at the end of the season, spoke about his confusion with the car and termed the weekend as a ‘real struggle’.
“Nothing more than I’ve known before… We didn’t look terrible in the high-speed [corners] but we’re slow in the low-speed this weekend, whereas in the last race we were bad in the high-speed, good in the lower stuff. Yeah – a real struggle this weekend”, Lewis Hamilton added.
It was truly a weekend to forget for the Mercedes F1 team, especially for Hamilton, who had termed the FP2 session as ‘one of the worst sessions’ in his career. George Russell (18 pts) and teammate Hamilton (8 pts) are P8 and P9 in the drivers’ standings, respectively
