Hamilton admits a set-up tweak 'made life harder' for him in Monaco F1 qualifying, but the Mercedes driver expects it to pay off in the race.
introduced this weekend have already proved to be a benefit, but a set-up change to help with his final sector backfired on him in Q3.
"We went back halfway on the other car, but I went the full way on mine. I was like, 'We should take it off', and they were like, 'No, no, we should keep it, we should keep it'. Hamilton admitted that he was concerned that he might not make it through to Q3 as he struggled to generate tyre temperature throughout qualifying.
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