Hamilton’s crew mate, Charles Leclerc, needed to accept seventh place after a Q3 session compromised by a scarcity of latest comfortable tyres – the Monegasque as a substitute hedging his bets for what is ready to be a baking sizzling race day.
“I imply, the run plan we had no selection – I had no tyres anymore,” mentioned Leclerc, having posted only one flying lap in Q3. “I feel we had been one of many solely vehicles that had 4 [sets of] softs going into quali, which was very tough already.
“We [also] needed to exit in Q1 as soon as once more, and there we… I imply, we sacrificed one other comfortable, so I solely had like three new softs for Q1, Q2 and Q3, towards others that had 5 new softs. It was a bit difficult, nevertheless it’s the best way it’s.
“I hope that our tyre selection will repay for tomorrow, as a result of however we extra new [sets of mediums and hards] than others. I hope it should repay.”
