Hamilton jumped the Aston Martins of Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso at the beginning to briefly run third, however thereafter he slid down the order, complaining at one level that even together with his DRS open he could not problem the automobile forward.
Hamilton ultimately completed eighth, whereas his team-mate George Russell fared even worse and retired with a cooling difficulty.
“My guess is that the ground is just not working,” he stated when requested by Autosport about his DRS radio remark.
“The ground is just not sucking it down. In order that pushed us to go to the next wing, after which we’re simply massively draggy on the straights.
“And we’re shedding a lot time on the straights, there’s nothing I can do about it, after which we’re simply sliding via the corners. So we now have to look into why that’s the case on this tough circuit.”
Summing up his afternoon, he stated: “Simply the tyres are overheating, sluggish on the straights, no grip within the corners.”
Hamilton stated even passing the 2 Aston Martins at the beginning hadn’t given him a lot trigger for optimism.
“No, I knew that we would have a tough day,” he stated. “Nothing modified within the automobile from yesterday to right this moment. So I knew it might be a troublesome one.
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Sergio Perez, Crimson Bull Racing RB19, battles with Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W14
“Yesterday I simply ate via the tyres with an surprising lack of tempo. After which I feel I drove higher right this moment when it comes to making my stints, however we have been simply sluggish.”
He added: “I do not know. I am certain there’s one thing inside the set-up that we’d have been capable of have achieved a bit higher, however whether or not or not that might have put us additional up, I can not say.”
So as to add to his woes, at one level Hamilton reported that it felt like his left entrance wheel was turning proper.
“Yeah, it is tremendous unusual,” he stated. “I questioned if the tyre perhaps hadn’t been achieved up or one thing, however the automobile began turning proper while I used to be going left. However it was high quality in the long run. I feel it will need to have been only a gust of wind.”
Hamilton did not know if the Interlagos points have been track-specific or a extra normal setback.
“Onerous to say,” he famous. “Finally, within the second it’s a setback, however as a crew, we’ll simply come collectively, and we’ll try to push ahead.
“There will be quite a lot of evaluation this week after right this moment and I am certain there will be issues we have been like ‘Ah perhaps if we have achieved this it, would have been higher,’ however I feel nonetheless finally the automobile did not work right here for some cause, and that’s the method it’s.”