Ex-F1 strategist Bernie Collins believes168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton’s lack of pace during the Monaco Grand Prix weekend was “more wor♔rying” than the issues he had over team radio.

Monaco was another difficu𒁏lt weekend for Hamilton in Fer♎rari colours.

He finished a distant fifth, nearly 50 seconds behind teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc.

Hamilton was on the back foot going into the race after picking up a three-place grid penalty for impeding 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

It came after Hamilton was misinformed about whether Verstappen was o෴n a hot lap or no💦t.

This confusion over team radio contin෴ued in the race, with Hamilton unsure about who he was ꧒fighting in Monaco.

Speaking on the latest episode of the Sky F1 podcast, Collins explained why Ham▨ilton’s lack o꧅f pace during the middle part of the race was a cause for concern.

“I was a bit surprised that at the second pit stop, Lewis had lost e🌠nough time that Piastri could box and come out in front of him,” she said.

So the pace was off, and what we’ve seen with the new 🤪regulation is that the top five were all pus🥀hing; in previous races, that wasn’t the case.

“Lewis just wasn’t able to push and stay with them, which is sur🌱prising given how much Lewis loves Monaco. He see🃏med much more confident than Leclerc was, so that is more worrying for me than the qualifying radio stuff.”

Sky F1 commentator David Croft interjected a🎐nd suggested that Hamilton was potentially backing off to help teammate Leclerc ahead.

Collins was unsure about Croft’s theory.

“There waꦿs no one directly behind Lewis. Lewis was very much on his own in 💙no man’s land in that middle bit,” Collins added.

“Definitel♏y the second half of the race. I am not really sure what went on through then.”

Will Hamilton bounce back in Barcelona?

Over t♔he years, the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona has been a happy hunting ground for Hamilton.

He was unbeaten at th﷽e Spanish circuit between 2017♍ and 2021 for Mercedes.

Even during his lean years🌜 for the team, Hamilton made it onto the podium.

Hamilton finished second behind Verstappen in 2023 and followed it up with another rostrum appearanc🌄e in 2024.

With Hamilton struggling for outright pace relative to Leclerc since the China sprint, it’s a great chance to get his season bac⭕k on꧅ track.