Hamilton: 'Verstappen didn't have to push too hard'

After a great qualifying session on his home circuit, Lewis Hamilton failed to maintain pole position during the sprint race. A bad start forced the world champion to make room for Max Verstappen.

During the FIA press conference, Hamilton is asked what he can do to beat Verstappen in the race.

Whether he enjoyed sprint qualifying? "I can’t say I particularly enjoyed it too much – but it’s nice to have more races for sure." Hamilton was also unhappy about his start. "We have a target position that you have to hit with your clutch and that’s what the goal is always to be on target, and I was on target, so I did what I was supposed to do but it didn’t deliver, for whatever reason. I don’t know why."

"I had a lot of wheelspin and the rest is history. I was obviously trying everything to get by. They were just too quick. They were just too fast today," Hamilton said.