Hamilton: “It was lost from the start”

Lewis Hamilton looked set to win the Italian Grand Prix for the third time in a row after dominating qualifying yesterday at Monza. The pilot Mercedes however, had to fight to salvage a second place after missing his start and falling to sixth position.

“I don’t know what happened. I did everything as usual, repeating exactly the same sequences. I must have simply had too much skating, a bit like Nico at Hockenheim (Germany).”, explained Lewis Hamilton.

Lewis Hamilton only has a two-point lead over Nico Rosberg before the next trip to the F1 scheduled in two weeks in Singapore.

“It was lost from the start. I saw Nico take off. Even though anything can happen, my chances of victory were diminishing every lap, second by second. I understood straight away that it wasn't going to be possible to win the race, but I tried anyway. I took second place and that’s the most I could do.”, added Lewis Hamilton.

Italian Grand Prix results

Discover the analysis of the Italian Grand Prix carried out by our special correspondents in issue 2079 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.