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It was a disappointing day for Mercedes at the Italian Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton admitting that he struggled to make progress from a lonely fifth place while George Russell was left to rue the impact of a difficult start, having eventually crossed the line in P7.
After being critical of his own qualifying performance on Saturday – a day on which he felt he could have taken pole position – Hamilton tried to make amends on Sunday from P6 on the grid. Ultimately, though, the seven-time world champion could not match the pace of the Ferrari and McLaren cars ahead.
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Reflecting on his afternoon at Monza, Hamilton commented: “It was a really dull, dull day. I was hoping to have more pace and be able to progress, but I couldn’t even… I mean, I was I think as quick for a while with Carlos [Sainz] but then I had more deg[radation], maybe as I was right behind, not sure.
“Yeah, just today for some reason we didn’t have the pace.”
Asked if he had found a good place on Sunday to understand what had gone wrong on qualifying day, Hamilton explained: “Yeah, in terms of understanding yesterday, I definitely need to go away and try to figure it out, but I’ve been trying to figure it out for ages anyways.
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