Hamilton disagreed with Mercedes: 'If I knew, I'd have stayed out'

"On the one side, I'm happy that we are progressing. That’s the positive to take out of this weekend. It was a pretty disastrous afternoon yesterday, and then today was pretty shocking. I can't say that I am particularly happy," Hamilton told GPblog among others following the Grand Prix.

He continued: "Today, I could have just driven better. Less mistake. I was stuck behind Fernando [Alonso], so there was nothing I could really do there. Lots of lots of mistakes over the weekend as a whole, but most importantly [I need] to take performance and to try to improve."

Entering the final stint of the race, George Russell was on the mediums, while Mercedes gave Hamilton a set of hard tyres. "Yes, he was on the medium tyre. It was much faster, so the medium tyre was really quick, and then I went to the tyre and the grip was terrible on it. I didn't actually know he was going to a medium tyre, otherwise I would have stayed out."

"I have no clue, I do not quite understand what happened. I think maybe he went on the hard before." Hamilton explained.