Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton admits error: ‘Kudos Russell’

Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton admits error: "Congratulations Russell"

Disappointing qualifying in Bahrain for Lewis Hamilton, who will only start from ninth place on the grid in the first race of the World Championship. The Mercedes driver made poor set-up choices, unlike teammate George Russell, who è managed to finish on the second row with the third fastest time.

"I think George was able to express the potential of the car to the fullest. I chose a different strategy with the’set-up and struggled in qualifying, I hope it won"

also not hinder me on Sunday.

"For me it è not a return to reality; after yesterday"s time, I think George"s position is fantastic, he did an outstanding job this day and it underscores how great the team"s work was. È fantastic for us to be only 3 tenths from pole, è it was a huge step forward".