Talking ahead of this weekend's Mexican Grand Prix, the seven-time world champion, and several other drivers, suggested that a great race last Sunday was tainted when Hamilton and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc were disqualified long after the finish.
MEXICO -- Half the cars that took part in last week's United States Grand Prix would have been disqualified if everyone had been tested for worn skid blocks, Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday, Oct. 26.
"They only tested a few cars and 50 per cent were disqualified," he said."Far more cars were illegal, I've been told and they weren't tested and it was not a performance element. It was about the bumps really." Leclerc, who had finished sixth in Sunday's race, said he and Ferrari were"completely surprised" by their disqualification and blamed 'curb riding' and the bumpy circuit.