Hamilton could only manage eighth on the grid for Sunday’s race, four places behind Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell.

The s📖even-time world champion complained about a “laꦆck of grip” during the early stages of qualifying.

At one point, it looked l✨ike he might struggle to make the top 10 shootout, setting the 12th fastest time after the first runs in Q2.

Reflecting on qualifying, Hamilton con🐻ceded he was just “struggling with the car”🌳 at Monza.

“I lost it all in I think the second or꧃ la🎃st sector, I was up in the first, a bit of the second, but I was just struggling with the car.

“Our car just in 𝔍general is very hard to optimise, there’s nothing easy about this one.”

For the second time in F1 2023, the ‘alternat🌞ive tyre allocation’ format was in play, with teams forced to use the hard tyre in Q1, mediums in🎃 Q2 and softs in Q3.

While it’s a🅰n added challenge, Hamilton voiced his support for the🧸 new format.

“Yeah, it’♊s [the new format] definitely difficult,” he added. “This qualifying session is definitely harder than normal.

“I prefer it I think. It was obviously good in Budapest, the last time we had it and I think it puts evඣeryone on a more level playing field.”