Great news from Formula F1 is finally up here! The best on the planet began from post position subsequent to ruling qualifying yet fell back through the field after an awful begin. Team-mate Nico Rosberg won. Hamilton was third running into the principal corner after Rosberg and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel improved begins than him and after that promptly dropped to 6th in the wake of being pushed wide by his team-mate. Hamilton’s team then changed his procedure to do only one pit stop instead of the customary two, which implied he was seventh when the race was halted for a monstrous mischance from which McLaren’s Fernando Alonso developed unhurt. Hamilton picked up spots as those in front of him ceased and held off a test from Vettel in the end laps.
Lewis Hamilton said, “I’ve had much worse in the first race. I take this as a real bonus to come back from seventh. There’s a long, long way to go. I bagged good points today. I’m happy.”
“Generally for me it was a great race. It was really exciting. Having to fight back from behind, it’s very, very hard to follow [other cars] as we all know from the history here. I’m just really proud of what the team has done. Ferrari is obviously there and in the battle so hopefully we have some exciting races coming up ahead of us. I did the best I could after a difficult start and I’m just grateful I got back. It was damage limitation really because Nico could have had a lot more points than me.”
His comments are a reference to the beginning of the 2014 season, when Rosberg won in Australia and Hamilton needed to resign with an engine issue. That implied he began the season with a 25-point shortfall which it required him some investment to paw back and put him on the back foot for a great part of the season.
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff said Hamilton lost in regards to two meters to Rosberg in the initial 100m of the race. He said the team did not yet know whether the moderate begin was down to a frameworks blunder or a driver mistake.
Rosberg said: “It was a great race and I’m really pleased. To win the first race of the season was awesome. It was a good kick-start to the season.”
