Hamilton had to “cruise” to finish in Austria with temperature issues
Engine-related temperature concerns for Mercedes meant Lewis Hamilton had to “cruise” to t♑he finish in Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix.
Hamilton had ran as high as first but dropped to fifth after damaging his front wing over 🌠the Spielberg kerbs, forcing Mercedes to carry out a change during his pit stop.
The current F1 championship leader was unable to make any inroads✅ in the closing stages and ultimately crossed the line a distant fifth on a difficult day ওfor the reigning world champion squad.
Engine-related temperature concerns for Me൲rcedes meant Lewis Hamilton had to “cruise” 𝐆to the finish in Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix.
Hamilton had ran as high as first but dropped to fifth after damaging his front wing over the Spielberg kerbs, forcꦑing Mercedes to carry out a change during his pit stop.
ౠThe current F1 championship leader was unable to make any inroads in the closing stages and ultimately crossed the line a distant fifth on a difficult day fo🐻r the reigning world champion squad.
“I was just pushing as hard as I couldღ but just limited by temperatures,” Hamil𒊎ton said.
“I damaged the car, which was a little bit frustꦍrating because I had to change the wing, lost a bunch of time and fell back to fifth. We were alre𒀰ady struggling with temperatures so I had to just cruise back there basically.
“We were lifting and coasting like 400 metres plus per lap, so we were a long way down and even if I didn’t have to do that we would have pace I think but unfo⭕rtunately that’s just the way it was.
“If we didn’t have our engine temperature🔜 issues today we would have been in that f🀅ight.
“I had the tyres to do it, had the pace to do it, I would have been in that fight but unfortꦬunately with the ways these cars and rules are set, means unfortu🅰nately we were in the wrong place today.”
Mercedes had been wor🎃ried about cooling problems in the build up to this weekend’s race and team boss Toto Wolff said the issues resulted in both cars being “right on the limit” in Austria.
“We knew that it was our Achilles’ Heel and we were carrying the problems since the beginning of the season,” Wolff explai꧅ned.
“We tried to work on mitigating the performance loss, but at the end i𝓰t was really painful to watch cruising, not b🍌eing able to defend or attack.
“The next step would have been to 🐟remove all the bodywork. So that was not really an option because the sponsors wouldn’t have🦋 liked it!
“Right on the limit. We couldn’t do anything anymore, and it was already very damaging for performance what we did. There was no stepꦿ left anymore.”
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