“It felt like I was on ice” - Lewis Hamilton explains “dangerous” Monaco radio message

Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he was “so close” to having a “big shunt” during the changeable conditions at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 7, Monaco Grand Prix, Monte Carlo, Monaco, Race
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 7, Monaco Grand…

Chaos ensued in Sunday’༒s race in Monaco wꦓhen rain poured.

There were isolated showers to begin with - Mira🌜baeu and the hairpin were most affected initially.

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The difficult conditions led to a radio message froღm Hamilton.

“It’s ﷽getting to a point w♛here it’s pretty dangerous out here,” he said.

Unlike teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, Hamilton made no mistakes to come home in fourth, pressuring 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon at the end of the race for the podium.

Explaining the aforeme💧ntioned radio message, he said: “It felt very twitchy and the tyres weren’t working so it was like I was on ice.

“After some time, the tyres started to work and it was absolutely fine. B💝ut I was so close to going off an😼d crashing, having a big shunt.

“It was very, very bad. There’s really no word to describe how d𝓰ifficult it was.

“I think that from my sid꧒e, I couldn’t get the temperature into the intermediate tyres, so I wa💃s just tiptoeing.

“I think our crossover was good, it’s just that I lost ground to everyone when I had to sto🥃p, so we were at a bit of a disadvantage there and it just ma💛de it a little bit trickier, but no mistakes, kept it on track.”

Mercedes now sit one-point behind Aston Martin in the race for second in the F1 2023 championship.

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