Hamilton: Well, the tires were working throughout the weekend, then we got to qualifying and every time I went out of the garage, my tires were for some reason below on temperature.
“Every set was two or three degrees lower than it should have been, and you can’t catch it up and I couldn’t switch the tires on after that. That’s something we have to really look at because something went on with the blankets, I guess.”
Hamilton: I anticipated it would be difficult to outqualify George because he has the upgraded component but it's great to see we are bringing upgrades. Once we got to Qualifying, I don't understand. I already know automatically that I'm going to lose two tenths going into Qualifying. That's definitely frustrating and something I don't have an answer for. I'm not driving any different. The laps were great. Just lacking for some reason."
Hamilton: “I don’t anticipate being ahead of George in qualifying particularly this year, but we’ve just got to keep pushing, and the races are strong.”
Pushed further on why he believes this to be the case, Hamilton simply answered: “We’ll see.”