Lewis Hamilton has questioned the pace of his stuttering Mercedes after the French GP qualifying session. After a superb final lap, the Brit will start fourth at Circuit Paul Ricard as he aims for his fourth consecutive finish inside the top three.
However the 37-year-old was left slightly confused as his car still could not match the pace of the Ferrari and Red Bull drivers. Although the Silver Arrows have made improvements in recent weeks, Hamilton finds himself almost a second off the time set by Charles Leclerc, who claimed pole position.
"My last lap was great. I finished it and thought that was an awesome lap but I was still nine tenths off the guys ahead," Hamilton surmised. "I am not sure why that gap has got bigger over these two races. They [Leclerc and Verstappen] are in their own league in that respect performance wise.
