“I lost so much time” – How Hamilton’s unseen hold-up with Zhou hurt his race

20 comments on ““I lost so much time” – How Hamilton’s unseen hold-up with Zhou hurt his race”

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   Kribana (@krichelle)
   11th June 2024, 18:37

   I thought he had a fresh set of softs available.
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      Jere (@jerejj)
      11th June 2024, 18:55

      No one who drove in Q3 had a single unused soft set left for the race.
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      LosD (@losd)
      11th June 2024, 19:38

      @kribana Sounds like he did:

      Hamilton There’s no soft?

      Bonnington We think that would be too risky. We’ve got too far to go.
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         Jere (@jerejj)
         11th June 2024, 19:59

         @losd Yes, used softs, which is the same as literally having available for use, but the point was about entirely unused sets.
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            LosD (@losd)
            12th June 2024, 6:43

            @jere Ah fair, missed that part.
2. 

   Slobo (@slobo)
   11th June 2024, 19:58

   This proved costly, as the Aston Martin driver dropped back from the leading group which compromised Hamilton’s race-leading team mate, followed by Max Verstappen and the McLarens.

   comprised, not compromised
3. 

   Mayrton
   11th June 2024, 20:58

   Lewis should think about taking the rest of the year off. His mental resilience has never been his strongest point and it shows on track right now. He might not amount to anything anymore with his current mindset. But next year in a decent competitive Ferrari he will again be the Lewis we know, I have no doubt about that. He is just a little too sensitive to and dependent on everything needing to be right to enable him to get his thoughts clear. He needs to find enjoyment again. From all the drivers in the field I rarely see him having a good time. The youngsters are goofing around and having fun, a new generation of competitors who not necessarily have to talk each other down to feel better about themselves.
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      bernasaurus (@bernasaurus)
      11th June 2024, 21:50

      I think all the F1 greats have child like elements to their personalities, but when Lewis is down he seems to collapse emotionally more than the others. I agree that this despondent sulk will probably bookend his time with Mercedes.

      But Prost declared it was ‘impossible’ to play in the same playground as Ayrton. Ayrton lied about ‘gaps’, Michael did a little bullying but was rather ‘blind or stupid’ in the eyes of Juan Pablo.

      As daft as they all are, most of these qualities have an exaggerated character to them, but Lewis at the moment just seems sullen. Like Bono inputting commands into a microwave.
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         An Sionnach
         11th June 2024, 23:42

         Speaking as a Prost fan… his frankness is something I both like, but think it was sometimes a bit of a weakness in his otherwise strong hand. There’s an amusing(?)quote from Ayrton mocking Prost for blaming the tyres, the car… anything for any of the issues he might have. He suggests that with Prost, it’s never his own fault. It points to this analytical and frank way he had where he would try and understand any problem on the fly. Of course, Prost did usually say that he made a mistake when he did, and Senna could have mocked himself or any other driver in the same way. There’s a funny quote from Piquet from the early days of Prost when the new kid was seen as fast and almost infallible. Of course, Piquet isn’t often noted for his subtlety, but after a mistake from Prost ended Piquet’s race, he wryly pointed out that we all make mistakes, or something along those lines – chipping away subtly at Prost’s armour of invincibility. He could often be a cheeky fox.
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         An Sionnach
         11th June 2024, 23:46

         Montoya was certainly not over-awed with Schumacher. It’s good to have someone with such an attitude, but… from their on-track interactions, he probably owed The Michael more awe than he gave him.
4. 

   pcxmac (@pcxmac)
   12th June 2024, 0:49

   I think Bono is a horrible race engineer. Been listening to that dude make decisions based on what is best for Mercedes, not his driver. Which really just makes him a mouth piece for Merc’s strategy department who probably feed the guy ‘reasons’ for what ever nonsense they want to shuffle hamilton on while they prioritize their latest investment. Hopefully Ferrari have some younger talent with balls who wants to shine for himself and give Lewis some good opportunities, because its straight up memo reading from one PB and jelly.
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      Nick T.
      12th June 2024, 2:37

      Cool story, bro.
   2. 

      Osnola
      12th June 2024, 11:48

      Thats probably why lewis wants to take him to ferrari then ;)
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         Nick T.
         13th June 2024, 12:02

         He’ll be a handy excuse if things go south. Bono done him again!
5. 

   Grace Smith
   12th June 2024, 8:44

   I didn’t get the result I deserved. Exactly why did he deserve it? Just how many cars really didn’t get the results they deserved? Think Albon, totally blameless but out of the race.

   George was angry at himself and upset by his result. Hamilton just has blame for his team – give me the result I deserve.
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      Jason
      13th June 2024, 6:21

      Hamilton – Well guys good job this weekend. Shame I didn’t get the result that we deserve but let’s keep pushing.

      Little different if you read it the right way he said it. He was disappointed with himself, not the team as you’re implying.
6. 

   André
   12th June 2024, 18:00

   “How long is there to go? Why would you put a hard on?”

   … That’s what she’s said.
7. 

   BMW P85 V10
   12th June 2024, 19:20

   What bothers me the most is that a driver like Lewis Hamilton doesn’t know which tires he has left for the race.
8. 

   Janith
   13th June 2024, 13:33

   Zhou has been low-key the worst F1 driver this season.
9. 

   melanos
   13th June 2024, 17:34

   It will be a fluke if you ever see a podium again, A race win? forget about it. Another WDC? ROFL. no way, chum
   You are done, and the sooner you retire, the better.

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