Hamilton explains why Mercedes tyre call left him ‘frustrated’

The Mercedes driver had climbed up to third place from 11th on the grid, having taken a 10-place grid penalty coming into the race for an engine change, and was the last of the runners to make his sole pitstop for fresh intermediates on lap 50 – while Esteban Ocon was the only driver not to stop for the entire race.
With the intermediate tyres, Hamilton’s performance started to fade due to …Keep reading