Another round of boos for Hamilton: "Today was definitely tough".

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17:28, 01 Aug 2021

Lewis Hamilton had a tough day with a lot of overtaking to do. The Briton was the only one who stayed out on the intermediates during the restart and was the very last one to return to the track. After a lot of overtaking he still ended up on the podium. A third place was the end result.

"First of all congratulations to Alpine and Ocon! I'm very happy for him. Great to see Aston Martin up there from the front as well," said Hamilton, stoically thanking the fans in attendance. "There was a great crowd again this weekend, thank you all for being there."

Mercedes commits blunder

The new world championship leader continued, "Today was definitely tough. We always make it difficult for ourselves. We were the only ones on the grid at the restart, we have to learn from that. I gave everything and I had nothing left at the end."

Where exactly did things go wrong for Hamilton and Mercedes? "I told the team what the tarmac was like, but they said rain was coming and then I saw everyone diving in, but oh well," the Briton concludes.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Another round of boos for Hamilton: "Today was definitely tough".

Mercedes commits blunder

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