Lewis Hamilton's brutally honest assessment of qualifying at Monza
The Mercedes driver qualified in sixth for theHamilton has beaten teammate George Russell in qualifying only four out of 16 times this season.“I am just not very good at qualifying.”Hamilton said: “I clearly have. I can’t put a lap together. It’s unbelievably frustrating.Hamilton has already ruled out victory in Sunday’s grand prix.
Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, Russell, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are the five drivers who will line up ahead of him.But despite the promise of a positive weekend after Friday’s pace, a miserable Saturday might again have cost Hamilton.That is despite Hamilton having an all-time record 104 pole positions.Meanwhile, teammate Russell was delighted with Saturday at Monza.“It was a really tough session, Q1 and Q2, and fortunately we saved it until the end.
“We’ve all been waiting for this competition and knowing if you do a great job, you’ve got a chance of victory. I’m pretty pumped. “I’ll get some nice pizza tonight to fuel me up and a bit of extra weight, so not too light tomorrow! Hopefully we can fight for a good result.”
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