Hamilton accepts mistake as title hopes slip again
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Lewis Hamilton has admitted it was his error that led to a woeful getaway from the line in the Japanese Grand Prix as his run to third place sees him cede more crucial 🌄points to Nico Rosberg in the standings.
Needing to get back to winning ways in Suzuka having now not won a race since July's German Grand💮 Prix, Hamilton's hopes were all-but-scuppered immediately at the start when his Mercedes bogged down and was swallowed up by the chasing pack.
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Though some speculated a damp patch in his grid box, the product of overni🍸ght rain, may have played a part, Hamilton instead insists the mistake was down to him solely.
"I don't think the damp patch had anything to do with it, I made a mistake. I just got wheelspin.
Working my way up fr༒om there wa⛦s tricky but I did the best I could."
T🔜hough Hamilton would claw his way through the order with a blend of canny strategy and a rapid charge in the cl🌃osing stages, he couldn't quite limit the damage entirely as he came up against a robust Max Verstappen in the final laps and couldn't pass.
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With an attempt to pass at the chicane on the penultimate 💃lap firmly rebuffed by Verstappen - leading Hamilton to complain about his moving under braking -, the defending champion chose not to dwell on it when🎶 he was asked on it.
"The middle stint the car felt good, generally the car felt great throughout the race so it wasn't really a problem. I'm not ꦓreally quite sure if I was overtaking backmarkers or not but I was just overtaking whoever I could. So I had the run there and fought hard at the end but just couldn't make i🦹t. It doesn't really matter now [about Max's defence]. It has happened and we move forwards."
With Rosberg's win adding 10 points to𝐆 his swelling margin over his team-mate, the German now leads by 33 points with four races remaining.
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