Lewis Hamilton feels one key moment could have halted his victory chances in the US Grand Prix on Sunday.
Lewis Hamilton believes that a different strategy call could have put him in with a better chance at victory in the United States Grand Prix on Sunday.Having been in touching distance of a first victory on the road since Saudi Arabia in 2021 however, Hamilton thinks his early strategy could have played a part in him missing out on top spot.
“Yes,” Hamilton said when asked if he felt he could have won if he and Mercedes prioritised track position after the first stint, before adding: “I do think we would have been in a fighting position to fight with Max. “So there’s lots of areas that we could have been better, but the positives are that we were, at points, matching them for pace – and to be only two seconds back afterwards at the end of the race, I think is a good sign.
“I really dropped off a cliff in performance and then when I came out, these guys were miles up the road – and when Max came into the pits he wasn’t even close to me.
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