By Adam Cooper
Lewis Hamilton was clearly frustrated after qualifying fifth in Italy, and admits that the decision to run with no F-Duct but with a low-drag Monza wing has backfired.
Teammate Jenson Button chose to go with the F-Duct and a bigger wing, and will start from second place.
Hamilton found that the car was sliding around too much in qualifying trim and conceded that choosing it was a mistake.
“It would appear so. Maybe we took the wrong route,” said Hamilton. "What can I say? I’m a little bit disappointed. I think we should have been higher up. Jenson did a good job, but I think we had the wrong wing on, maybe.
We decided as a team just to use it; it looked good so we decided to stick with it. I have good high speed, but I can’t follow through the corners, so it will be tough tomorrow.“I think it had quite a big impact on the end result. I’m quite disappointed with fifth place. We chose to go with a lighter downforce level, which doesn’t have the F-Duct, and the car’s sliding everywhere. I struggled quite a lot on each tire and I just didn’t have the downforce. A wrong choice, a bit of a mistake.
The Q3 laps were terrible, I think. They weren’t very good laps. But I have no downforce on the car, so I’m pushing as hard as I can, and the car is sliding everywhere. I can’t push any harder than what the car would give me, and it won’t give me any more.
