Lewis Hamilton believes it’s only a matter of time before things start falling into place for him at McLaren this season, following a string of errors.
The 27-year-old hasn’t put a foot wrong so far, but mistakes during his pit-stops in Bahrain, strategic errors and under-fuelling in Spain, have cost the 2008 world champion a handful of points.
Despite this, Hamilton remains upbeat and says he can’t really complain considering he’s just a few points behind the championship leaders.
“Looking at the bigger picture, I can’t really complain because despite the setbacks I’ve had this season I’m still only eight points behind the leader of the Championship,” he told the Telegraph.
“The team has been working extremely hard and our car is quick, so when things go right I think we’ll be in a great position – and it’ll come to us before too long.”
Speaking about his penalty, in which he was excluded from qualifying for a fuel infringement, Hamilton said didn’t expect such a severe response from the stewards for what was a minor offence.
“I was surprised because the team told me I would have my best lap taken away from me,” he said. “So I thought ‘OK I can have a [good] race from seventh.’ I never had it in my mind that I would start from the back.
“I saw people saying that I would have gained time by having less fuel in the car because 10 kilos is worth three tenths here. I only needed a kilo more, maximum, to get back to the pits to provide the sample.
“It was not like we tried to go quicker by running less fuel. It was just a very small mistake that could have happened to anyone and we were punished.”
