Lewis Hamilton has admitted he’s been left with an “empty feeling” following a difficult F1 Monaco Grand Prix.
The seven-time world champion completed a distant fifth in Monaco.
After qualifying fourth, his race was made harder after receiving a three-place grid penalty for impeding Max Verstappen.
Hamilton jumped Isack Hadjar and Fernando Alonso via the pit cease section however misplaced a big period of time in site visitors.
In the long run, Hamilton completed almost 50 seconds behind teammate Charles Leclerc.
Chatting with French TV after the race, Hamilton stated: “It’s like an empty feeling actually. We transfer forwards. To return into the weekend the place you hoped to do higher.
“You allow on a little bit of a low. Fortunately, we’ve got one other race subsequent week.”
Hamilton was additionally annoyed by an absence of clear radio messages from race engineer Riccardo Adami.
Hamilton revealed he didn’t know what was occurring through the race, declaring “it was completely not clear”.
“No, no it was completely not clear. I didn’t know hardly something via many of the race,” he added.
Hamilton felt “very alone” on the market
Hamilton’s oblique criticism of his race engineer continued in a separate interview.
Hamilton stated he had “no concept” what place he was in or “when to push”.
“Naturally, I wish to say there’s nothing to take from it however there’s all the time one thing to take from days like right now, troublesome days,” Hamilton defined.
“At the very least we went forwards. Charles bought a great consequence with second. Not fairly positive why I misplaced a lot tempo. I didn’t more often than not know the place I used to be within the race. Truthfully, more often than not I didn’t know the place I used to be within the race, I had no concept what place, what I wanted to do to progress, when to push, when to not push, I used to be simply in no man’s land. I undoubtedly felt very alone on the market right now.”
The race as a complete proved to be entertaining with only a few overtakes.
Hamilton described the race in Monaco as “the least satisfying” of the season.
“It’s horrible, it’s the least satisfying race of the whole 12 months,” Hamilton concluded.
“It doesn’t even matter, even for those who’re within the lead, it’s nonetheless not satisfying. It’s good on the finish, however the precise race itself, qualifying laps had been nice, it’s nice via the weekend, wonderful spectacle and followers and the whole lot, however you must race, you simply can’t await it to finish.
“It truly is like, while you come throughout the road, you’re like, thank God, I can’t wait until subsequent week.”
