Lewis Hamilton equalled his greatest qualifying place for a grand prix since becoming a member of Ferrari final weekend.
Nevertheless he lacked tempo all through the race and had fallen 12 seconds behind his group mate Charles Leclerc by lap 54, after which the Security Automobile appeared. it obtained no higher for him after the restart, as he was handed by Nico Hulkenberg’s Sauber.
It was clear from the primary stint Leclerc was the faster of the 2 Ferrari drivers. However Hamilton turned progressively much less assured in his automobile because the race got here on, making a collection of modifications to his entrance wing settings and complaining a couple of lack of grip and stability.
Afterwards Ferrari advised some fault had developed on Hamilton’s automobile. His closing radio messages, on the finish of one other irritating race, confirmed he suspected as a lot.
Hamilton’s Spanish GP radio
“We’re swapping the automobiles”“I’m sliding rears”“Did you are taking wing out?”“Simply no grip, mate”“Have I misplaced locations to different individuals?”“There’s no manner I can catch up”“One thing flawed with that final entrance wing”“It’s the worst it’s ever been”
“We’re swapping the automobiles”
Hamilton out-qualified his group mate however Charles Leclerc had intentionally averted doing a second run in Q3 so as to maximise the variety of new tyre units he had out there. Each began on used rubber and obtained forward of the Mercedes when the race started, however quickly afterwards Leclerc was on Hamilton’s tail and Ferrari made the decision to modify them round.
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Lap: 2/66 HAM: 1’20.753
Adami
P4.
Hamilton
What?
Adami
Simply saying we’re P4, and Charles automobile behind 1.1 seconds.
Adami
Yeah, alright, cheers mate.
Lap: 3/66 HAM: 1’20.639
Adami
We propose diff mid 4.
Lap: 5/66 HAM: 1’21.565
Adami
Piastri lap time 20.3. Verstappen P2 21.0.
Lap: 6/66 HAM: 1’21.623
Adami
And Charles 0.8 behind. Norris 1.6 forward.
Lap: 7/66 HAM: 1’21.623
Adami
We propose engine braking three.
Lap: 8/66 HAM: 1’21.929
Adami
And save extra the tyres entry 9 and 14. And replace on ryre section when you may. Change place yellow.
Lap: 9/66 HAM: 1’21.974
Adami
Diff entry 4, suggestion.
Hamilton
Yeah, quite a lot of graining, mate.
Adami
Exit of flip nineAnd we’re swapping the automobiles. Hamilton lets Leclerc previous approaching flip one
“I’m sliding rears”
Ferrari have been involved concerning the menace from George Russell behind, so that they introduced Hamilton in for his first pit cease early as he started to drop again extra shortly from Leclerc. Mercedes left Russell out longer and he was instantly on Hamilton’s tail after they started their second stint.
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Lap: 10/66 HAM: 1’23.068
Adami
Russell automobile behind, 1.5.
Lap: 11/66 HAM: 1’21.552
Adami
Piastri has carried out a 21.0, Verstappen 21.1.
Lap: 12/66 HAM: 1’21.615
Adami
Early entry into seven for a greater exit. We’re opening on Russell behind, good job.
Lap: 13/66 HAM: 1’21.828
Adami
And take into consideration engine braking 4.
Hamilton
Yeah I’m sliding rears, mate. [Unclear]
Adami
Verstappen lap occasions 21.6 and Russell 21,6.
Lap: 14/66 HAM: 1’22.320
Adami
Russel lap time 22.0 and tyre section replace when you may.
Lap: 15/66 HAM: 1’21.869
Adami
Recommend a tighter exit out of seven.
Lap: 16/66 HAM: 1’25.739
Hamilton
Getting quite a lot of rear sliding.
Adami
Russell lap time 22.0.
Adami
And field Lewis field, pit verify and field.
Hamilton
It’s an extended approach to go.
Adami
Defending undercut.
Lap: 17/66 HAM: 1’39.780
Adami
He pitsDrop shallow. K2 on.
Adami
Racing Bortoleto out of the pits.
Hamilton
Why’d you name me in so early?
Hamilton
Let me know the place I’m shedding time, please?
Adami
Primarily flip seven. Goal lap time 20.4, 20.4. We’re defending for a attainable undercut from behind.
Lap: 18/66 HAM: 1’20.948
Adami
And Charles pitted forward on new medium is, at flip 4.
“Did you are taking wing out?”
Quickly after his first pit cease, when he switched to the medium tyre compound, Hamilton reported feeling a scarcity of front-end grip. He requested Adami if the group had diminished his entrance wing angle at his first pit cease and was instructed they hadn’t.
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Lap: 19/66 HAM: 1’21.348
Adami
You’ve obtained free air now, Charles is 4.7 forward.
Adami
Test your [unclear] entry, reset it.
Hamilton
What ought to I goal?
Adami
Goal a 20.4.
Hamilton
I’ve obtained huge understeer, mate. Did you are taking wing out?
Adami
Unfavorable.
Lap: 20/66 HAM: 1’20.755
Adami
And Charles lap time 20.6
Lap: 21/66 HAM: 1’20.545
Adami
Russell within the pits. He will probably be 4 and a half seconds behind us, fitted new medium.
Adami
Charles lap time 20.7. Recommend a 5 metres earlier braking to show 10.
Lap: 22/66 HAM: 1’20.280
Adami
Additionally Antonelli within the pits for information, Chrales 5.8 forward, Charles lap time 20.1
Hamilton
Am I shedding simply all over the place?
Adami
Flip 10 one tenth and switch 14, final nook, one tenth. For the earlier lap, we had the primary strike at flip 10, observe limits.
Lap: 23/66 HAM: 1’20.030
Adami
What you’re doing with tyres is sweet for us. Russell 2.2 behind.
Lap: 24/66 HAM: 1’20.304
Adami
For flip 4, [unclear], one tenth.
Lap: 25/66 HAM: 1’20.509
Hamilton
Ah, I obtained zero tempo.
Adami
Recommend to enhance brake peak into 5.
Lap: 26/66 HAM: 1’20.648
Adami
Tighter exit 10 to organize higher 12. Enhance apex velocity 14. Doable particles at flip two.
“Simply no grip, mate”
Hamilton’s struggles together with his automobile continued all through his second stint. Adami advised numerous modifications to his driving fashion in an effort to enhance his tempo.
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Lap: 27/66 HAM: 1’20.426
Hamilton
Yeah, I obtained graining left rear.
Adami
Charles lap time 20.0, Russell 20.6.
Hamilton
The place am I shedding six tenths?
Lap: 28/66 HAM: 1’20.480
Adami
Largely flip three and 4, two tenths in three, it’s [unclear] administration for him. Earlier choose up throttle into 4.
Adami
Flashing blues to Albon forward. Recommend early entry into flip 5.
Lap: 30/66 HAM: 1’21.183
Adami
Verstappen been within the pits, he’s probably on a three-stop, popping out now.
Hamilton
Yeah simply no grip, mate. The rear is nowhere immediately.
Adami
Understood. Enhance brake peak into 5, one tenth shedding there. And you’ll scale back tyre administration into three and push extra into three.
Lap: 31/66 HAM: 1’20.343
Adami
Russell lap time 20.4.
Adami
Instructed early entry to seven, one-tenth. And Russell lap time of 20.5, tempo is sweet.
Lap: 33/66 HAM: 1’20.257
Adami
And Charles did 20.1.
Lap: 34/66 HAM: 1’20.286
Adami
Hole to automobile behind two seconds. Must introduce elevated lift-and-coast, 100 metres complete. Charles lap time 20.2. Russell lap time 20.7, tempo is sweet.
Adami
Apex velocity final nook to enhance. Early entry flip seven, half a tenth there and Charles 20.3.
Lap: 36/66 HAM: 1’20.452
Adami
Recommend to don’t path the brakes into 5. Hole to Russell 2.5 and Charles lap time 20.3
Lap: 37/66 HAM: 1’20.784
Adami
Charles lap time 21.1, misplaced place to Verstappen. Russell lap time 20.4 and Charles is 11 seconds forward.
Lap: 38/66 HAM: 1’20.512
Adami
Charles lap time 21.1, in free air.
Adami
Diff mid 4 may assist. Hole to Charles 10.3. Two seconds behind, Russell.
Lap: 40/66 HAM: 1’20.770
Adami
Charles 20.9. And Russell 20.5.
“Have I misplaced locations to different individuals?”
This time Mercedes introduced Russell in early, on lap 42. Ferrari left Hamilton out 5 laps longer within the hope he would be capable to assault Russell over the ultimate stint. Hamilton instructed the group he needed a “plus two” enhance in entrance wing angle when he got here into the pits.
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Lap: 41/66 HAM: 1’20.553
Adami
And Charles is within the pit.
Hamilton
Yeah the tyres are okay for now.
Lap: 42/66 HAM: 1’20.849
Adami
Russell within the pits. Engine braking three advised.
Adami
We wish to go two extra laps to construct a tyre delta.
Hamilton
Yep, yep.
Hamilton
Need to have plus two additionally.
Lap: 43/66 HAM: 1’21.029
Adami
Copy, understood. What number of extra laps are you able to do at this tempo?
Hamilton
I believe I can stick with it for a bit.
Lap: 44/66 HAM: 1’20.930
Adami
And driver default delta zero on. So we advise B-mig 4.
Lap: 45/66 HAM: 1’21.412
Hamilton
Positively shedding the rears increasingly more. Automobile is super-oversteery.
Adami
Understood.
Lap: 46/66 HAM: 1’25.116
Adami
And shut your diff. Goal lap time 20.8, if you happen to can. And field.
Adami
And field, Lewis, field. He pits
Lap: 47/66 HAM: 1’39.788
Adami
Drop shallow. K2 on. Near Hadjar at pit exit. Reset your switches.
Hamilton
Have I misplaced place for Russell?
Adami
Sure, we did. We’d like an 18.7 to catch him on the finish.
Hamilton
Have I misplaced locations to different individuals? What number of laps?
Lap: 48/66 HAM: 1’18.335
Adami
So simply Russell, and 19 laps to go. Hole to Russell 12.5.
Hamilton
What lap occasions he doing?
Adami
He’s a 19.4. Flashing blues to Colapinto forward of you
Lap: 49/66 HAM: 1’18.598
Hamilton
Who’s that forward of him?
Adami
Colapinto strong blues. It’s Antonelli, but to cease, forward. Antonelli lap time 20.5
Lap: 50/66 HAM: 1’18.344
Adami
Goal [unclear]
Adami
Recommend earlier turn-in into 9 for a greater exit.
“There’s no manner I can catch up”
Hamilton shortly regretted the choice to extend his entrance wing angle and requested for a major correction at his subsequent pit cease. He additionally reported a major vibration from his tyres and instructed the group he wouldn’t be capable to catch Russell.
The Security Automobile was deployed, giving Ferrari an opportunity to alter Hamilton’s entrance wing settings once more.
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Lap: 51/66 HAM: 1’18.722
Hamilton
How massive’s the hole? Large.
Adami
He’s 10 seconds forward with visitors, 19.4 his lap time.
Lap: 52/66 HAM: 1’18.645
Adami
And Charles and Russell lap time 19.5, he’s 9.5 forward. And change place yellow, tempo is sweet.
Lap: 53/66 HAM: 1’19.160
Adami
Keep extra to the left within the straight, keep away from scrubbing velocity and marbles.
Adami
Hole to Russell 8.9. Russell 19.5, enhance raise and shut into one, 50 metres.
Lap: 54/66 HAM: 1’19.257
Hamilton
There’s no manner I can catch up, mate. Rear’s going off already.
Adami
There’s quite a lot of visitors forward. Don’t quit.
Lap: 55/66 HAM: 1’45.765
Adami
Russell 19.6, eight seconds forward.
Hamilton
Yeah…
Adami
Speaking overEngine braking two, suggestion.
Hamilton
The Security Automobile is deployed. Hamilton slows downAnd field.
Hamilton
I’ve obtained an enormous vibration.
Adami
Cost button on. And we’re boxing. Let me know for flap when you may.
Hamilton
Uh, possibly that was an excessive amount of entrance. Received massively oversteery. So, can go the other manner.
Adami
We are able to go down 4 clicks. Copy that. Down 4 clicks.
Hamilton
Yeah. Take 5. Received huge vibration on these tyres for some purpose.
Hamilton
Is everybody pitting?
Adami
Yeah, everybody.
Lap: 56/66 HAM: 2’09.130
Adami
He pitsAnd drop shallow. So everyone took the Security Automobile. Vertappen needed to pit for onerous, he ran out of tyres. He’s P3.
Adami
Security Automobile at flip 13. Double yellow in 10 and restoration automobile on-track.
“One thing flawed with that final entrance wing”
Regardless of one other change of entrance wing angle, Hamilton remained sad together with his front-end grip, and advised there was some deeper downside.
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Lap: 57/66 HAM: 1’53.404
Adami
Cost off, mode FW. 9 laps to go, Russell identical tyre utilization, one timed lap.
Hamilton
The entrance of the automobile feels so mild, unexpectedly. One thing flawed with that final entrance wing, I believe.
Adami
Understood. We corrected for this stint. Diff mid three, suggestion.
Lap: 58/66 HAM: 2’02.703
Hamilton
Am I going to must let… is Sainz there, or Albon? I’m going to must let these guys previous once more.
Adami
Yeah, they are going to let the lapped automobiles by. All clear at flip 10, for information.
Hamilton
Geez, it’s going to take ceaselessly.
Adami
It may be fast, one full lap. And behind we’ve obtained Hadjar on the identical tyres, scrubbed delicate, one timed lap. Okay, they offer the message, lapped automobiles could now overtake. Keep within the racing line, allow them to by.
Lap: 59/66 HAM: 2’03.215
Adami
Okay, Security Automobile at flip one. Will probably be seven laps to go. Racing George forward and probably Verstappen on onerous.
Hamilton
They do love losing laps.
Adami
Yep. The tyres are in a superb standing. In case you can drop the rears by 5 levels it might be preferrred. However the place we’re is sweet. To restart, we’ll be mode race, K2 on. Mode race and cost button on. Can be simply K2 on for the restart. And Security Automobile on this lap. Be six extra laps.
Lap: 62/66 HAM: 1’17.706
Hamilton
The race restartsAh, obtained no entrance wing.
Lap: 63/66 HAM: 1’17.939
Adami
4 extra laps.
“It’s the worst it’s ever been”
Hamilton’s tempo on his used delicate tyres was not sufficient to repel an assault from Nico Hulkenberg on a brand new set. Additionally his seventh place on the chequered flag turned sixth due to Max Verstappen’s penalty, he had little to be joyful about after the race, and remained satisfied there was an issue together with his automobile.
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Lap: 64/66 HAM: 1’18.833
Hamilton
I don’t know what’s flawed with this automobile, mate.
Adami
Two laps to go, strive your greatest. Hulkenberg 0.4 behind.
Lap: 65/66 HAM: 1’19.738
Hamilton
Yeah, I’ve obtained no rear mate.Hulkenberg passes him approaching flip one
Adami
Engine braking one, advised, diff mid 5.
Lap: 66/66 HAM: 1’19.034
Adami
That is final lap.
Chequered flag
Adami
P7. A troublesome one. And choose up, please.
Hamilton
Yeah, unbelievable guys. There’s one thing flawed with this automobile mate it’s the worst it’s ever been.
Adami
There was a ten second penalty for Verstappen, so a P6.
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