Lewis Hamilton after qualifying P5 [without his penalty] at the Italian GP | 10.09.22

“I just failed so badly in trying to explain aerodynamics! They asked me about the aerodynamics and I was trying to explain and I realised I'm really not an aerodynamicist!"

Lewis congratulating Nyck on scoring his first F1-points during his debut race | 11.09.22

Monza

YES!

Lewis Hamilton with MotoGP driver Francesco "Pecco" Bagnaia before the Italian GP | 11.09.22

Lewis Hamilton after getting P5 during the Italian GP | 11.09.12

“It was a good race, the guys were saying that anywhere between 6th and 4th was possible, that always felt like a stretch for me. But, I had fun, I struggled in the begging with the car heavier and the tyres, behind everyone trying to avoid collision at the first corner and ended up stuck behind the Alpha Tauri once again. But, I’m really really grateful to have made a way through and made those points.

On the SC ending - “I think at the end the two cars behind had fresher tyres so, kinda glad it finished the way it did.

On first corner damage - “I don’t remember having any contact [at the start], I avoided collision, but there was something definitely damaged, I think I hit a bit of debris and damaged the little fairing over the tyre. It didn’t feel that great, it was flapping around so… I don’t even know what those things are called. Waste of space”

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Lewis Hamilton after qualifying P5 [without his penalty] at the Italian GP | 10.09.22

“It was an okay session, it wasn’t my best session. I think in Zandvoort it was pretty good. I think today, naturally we’re off the pace, but 5th was the best that I could do. I’m losing like 2 tenths in the last sector so, ultimately as a competitor I need to figure out those couple of corners but, nonetheless I’m generally happy with it. I didn’t mess up too much, I had one mistake I think in Q2 but rectified that.”

“I think we were expecting [this gap] because we saw this in Spa. With the lowest of wing downforce level, that’s where we seem to be particularly worse than the others, when we go to a circuit like Budapest which is maximum downforce.”

Lewis Hamilton’s double overtake during the Italian GP | 11.09.22

Lewis Hamilton | Italian GP | 11.09.22

Max Verstappen and George Russel watching that double overtake of Lewis Hamilton in the cooldown room after the Italian GP | 11.09.22

George: "Oh wow!"

Max: "Double overtake!”

“Mega job guys. Really mega job. Thank you so much for keeping the faith in me. Sorry for the damage but some points for the (…)”

Lewis after the race.