168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has revealed he picked up possible damage to his Mercedes F1 car as he explained why he swapped positions with teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell.

The seven-time world champion, who is moving to Ferrari next year, endured a frustrating Japanese Grand Prix as he finished 🌠ninth and two places behind Russell.

Hamilton voluntarily gave up position to Russell in the early stages of Sunday’s race at Suzuka after꧅ coming over team radio to suggest a swap.

"I think I picked up a bit⛦ of damage at the beginning with Charles [Leclerc], he came around the outside,” Hamilton explained to Sky.

"I had huge underওsteer for the first stint. I couldn’t turn the car through any🐼 of the corners. That’s why I let George by.”

Hamilton implored midway throughཧ the race for his M🌸ercedes team to “change the strategy” after a bold call to switch to hard tyres following a first-lap red flag failed to pay off.

Asked what could have been gained if Mercedes opted for a different strategy, Hamilton replied: “Nothing, I do꧒n’t think. I don’t know what the different strategy would have been.

“Whether it was the mediums to start with? But we still had two terribl🅘e hard tyres to run through. It was a real challenge today.

“Th🅰e hard tyre was pretty bad. The medium tyre was much better.

"So yes, for sure, in hindsight, it looks like we should hav🍌e had two medium tyres. But, in general, the car was pretty bad today.”

Hamilton was optimistic after a positive Friday practice in Japan, saying Mercedes had their “best session of the year", but he ended up downbeat after another topsy-turvy weeꦕkend.