Hamilton: Performances this season have been ‘quite average’

Lewis Hamilton says his performances through the opening six races of the 2019 Formula 1 season have been “quite average”, anticipating things will “get better” in the coming races.

Hamilton took his fourth victory of the year in Monaco last weekend to extend his lead at the top of the F1 drivers’ championship to 17 points, having also scored two second-place finishes.

Despite this statistically being his strongest ever start to a season, Hamilton said after his win in Monaco that he felt he had much more to give this year. 

“I definitely feel that it’s been quite an average performance from myself. Maybe above average, but generally quite average for the first six races,” Hamilton said.

“I feel like I’ve got the best I could get. I’ve arrived prepared – the best prepared I could be – but in terms of extracting the true performance from the car, I feel like I’ve struggled a little bit in these six races.

“I guess that’s kind of similar to other seasons, but without doubt, it’s going to improve as the knowledge you gain over the season race by race, particularly with the tyres this year, where the window is even smaller.

“I do anticipate things will get better as it will be for all of us. I hope, at some stage, that I’m able to crack the issues that I’ve had and get back to the form that I have within me.

“Whether that’s the next race or 10 races from now, I can’t really say but I am very, very focused on making sure I rectify any of those.”