'That was my bad,' Lewis Hamilton accepts his mistake over changing car set-up after dismal Chinese GP

Lewis Hamilton had changed his car set-up after the sprint race. The seven-time world champion had accepted this change to be the reason for his poor performance in Qualifying. Subsequently, Hamilton claimed that he would never make such a set-up tweak again. The Briton went on to thank his team for its efforts in pitstops.

Yep! I won’t make that set-up change again, Bono. That was my bad. Thank you guys, and good job on the pit stops. Lewis Hamilton replied to the Mercedes pitwall

Lewis Hamilton felt like ‘something was broken’ in the Mercedes W15 during Chinese GP

The seven-time world champion had a disastrous stint on soft tires at the start of the Chinese GP. Lewis Hamilton was forced to make a pitstop seven laps earlier than planned. However, even a change to the medium compound tire did not help matters as the Briton continued to struggle with car.

Lewis Hamilton complained on the team radio during the race that he had a lack of grip on track. The British driver claimed that it felt like something was broken in the car. Although, Hamilton highlighted that the balance of the W15 could’ve been the issue. Nevertheless, the seven-time world champion expressed his frustration to race engineer Bono.

The car’s just sliding around everywhere. It’s like something’s broken. It’s probably this balance. It’s really bad. Lewis Hamilton said on team radio

Certainly, Lewis Hamilton will be looking to move on from the Chinese GP. A change in the set-up had a massive impact on the Briton’s weekend. Despite claiming second place in the sprint, Hamilton will leave Shanghai disappointed as the 39-year-old missed out on a good result for Mercedes. It remains to be seen how things go for the Mercedes driver in the next race.