Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton said he felt the pain for the entire Ferrari team after an underwhelming performance at the Singapore Grand Prix, Afrosport reports.
Charles Leclerc and Hamilton finished sixth and seventh respectively but the latter dropped to eighth after he was hit with a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits following multiple warnings.
He also suffered brake issues towards the conclusion of the race and had to fend off Fernando Alonso who ranted over the team radio for allowing his former McLaren teammate to drive with no brakes.
“Firstly, the guys are pushing so hard each weekend,” Hamilton said.
“I feel pain for all the team, from catering to marketing to the engineers, who show up every weekend and they really do give absolutely everything.
“But the car we have is just not unfortunately at the level of the guys up ahead, particularly as they’ve had some upgrades and we can’t match them. We’re on the knife edge trying to get as close as we can.”
Unfortunately, @LewisHamilton has received a 5-second post-race penalty for exceeding track limits, dropping him one position to P8 pic.twitter.com/D4b6ikPpJe
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Reflecting on the reace, Hamilton stated: “It was an okay race, I didn’t get a great start. It was very difficult to overtake and I was kind of stuck in position.
“At the end I was catching Kimi [Antonelli] and then brakes gave up. You saw the spark come out of the left front and then I just had to back off to cool them down.
“When I cooled them down they came back a little bit, but still not back at the end.”
Hamilton remains sixth in the drivers’ championship and is 48 points behind Leclerc (fifth) while he is 211 points behind leader Oscar Piastri.
