Lewis Hamilton critiques McLaren F1’s race strategy, highlighting their aggressive pace and dual pit stop approach from the start.
Lewis Hamilton believes McLaren F1 had planned for two pit stops from the start of the race, explaining why Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri aggressively pushed on medium tires, and also at the beginning of their first stint on hard compounds.
“I think McLaren had the pace to win, but they just pushed too hard,” Hamilton stated. “They were running laps way too fast early in the race, wearing out their tires. I believe they literally planned for two stops, which is why they pushed so hard.”
Hamilton had no doubt that both McLarens would stop, observing their pace: “If they had just slowed down and stayed out longer, they could have, for sure, made a single stop. But I could see it. I was getting the information about the lap times they were doing, and there’s no way your tires last at that pace.”
Regarding Mercedes, Hamilton insists they lacked both pace and tire durability: “We experienced more degradation and were missing one or two tenths in the race. It felt like we had graining on the left rear as soon as we managed to avoid it on the left front. We simply didn’t have the pace.”
“We had to go and try to understand why. It’s also because we looked better on Friday than we did. We almost slowed down throughout the weekend, others got faster, we were too light and they were heavier.”
George Russell is surprised to see Mercedes performing so variably and witnessing Red Bull’s decline: “I think it’s very tight at the moment, especially in qualifying, but McLaren and Ferrari really seem to have the edge on us right now.”
“It’s a bit strange, like when you look at the performance of Red Bull, no one would have predicted this five races ago. Either those guys have made significant progress, or I don’t know what’s happening, but we need to keep working hard and make some changes.”
The Briton would have liked a better result in Italy: “I’m really disappointed, because all these weekends are the result of hard work and it slips away very quickly. But in the end, I don’t think we had the pace necessary to compete with Ferrari and McLaren.”
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McLaren’s Fast Laps Signal Dual Pit Stop Plan McLaren’s Fast Laps Signal Dual Pit Stop Plan
