• ‘It was a mistake, mistakes happen’
Lewis Hamilton said he was at fault for the error that cost him the lead in Sunday’s German Grand Prix and led him to finish ninth. He still leads the world championship but made an uncharacteristic mistake here in the wet, where Max Verstappen won for Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel, starting from the back of the grid, surged through to take second for Ferrari.
Hamilton went off after Mercedes had put him on slick tyres just as the rain returned. He thought the tyre choice had been wrong but held his hands up to the error, although it was then compounded by the team’s strategy.
Written by Giles Richards
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jul/28/lewis-hamilton-error-get-it-wrong-tyres-mercedes-german-grand-prix under the title “Lewis Hamilton says error ‘shows how easy it is to get it wrong’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
