He additionally complained of poor grip from the W15 together with steering points within the opening phases of the race.
“With the underneath balancing, you did not get the wing set correctly. It is occurred many occasions. Simply mainly not having sufficient entrance wing within the automotive. And the automotive simply would not flip,” he defined afterwards.
“So, it was understeering massively for an extended time period. And I feel that is truthfully for me felt like that is what led to the tyre failure, however possibly it was, I did not see any particles. It occurred simply on the pit lane entry…”
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Hamilton went on to complete in twelfth place – his first time seeing the chequered flag exterior of the factors this season – however vowed to reset forward of his ultimate Grand Prix with Mercedes on the Yas Marina Circuit subsequent weekend.
“I’m nonetheless standing, it’s not the way you fall, it’s the way you get again up, so I’ll get again up tomorrow and provides it one other shot subsequent week,” he mentioned.
“I feel what’s vital is that we flip up and provides it our greatest shot.”
