It was additionally a tough weekend for Hamilton, who ended the race a place behind Leclerc in P6. Midway by way of, a radio message from his engineer defined that the workforce thought his tempo was good contemplating injury he had suffered, which was later revealed to be the consequence of the Briton hitting a groundhog on observe.
Requested to speak concerning the injury, he stated: “It was dangerous. The entire entrance of the ground was principally destroyed on the precise facet. To nonetheless get sixth with that injury, I’m actually grateful so I’ll positively take it.
“We virtually had brake failure as effectively – the pedal went tremendous lengthy so I needed to handle these brakes for a time frame, after which they got here again in the direction of the top. Given these points, I’m grateful for the factors.
“Now we have issues with our brakes very often. Truthfully, I’ve by no means had these brake points till this yr. I assume they only obtained scorching or one thing like that. The pedal went tremendous lengthy and I used to be hitting the brake and it wasn’t stopping, then I needed to do a bunch of raise and coast to chill it down.”
