Hamilton: Monaco 'miserable'; comms issues return

Lewis Hamilton bemoaned a "miserable" Monaco Grand Prix wherever helium was "nowhere," portion the Briton besides erstwhile again questioned Ferrari's connection during the race.

Hamilton finished 5th aft starting seventh successful Monte Carlo but endured a lonely Sunday, comfortably wide of Isack Hadjar down him but ne'er threatening the apical four. Hamilton finished astir a infinitesimal down victor Lando Norris.

"I deliberation from wherever I was, a three-place grid penalty, moving forwards backmost to 5th I deliberation was decent, the champion I could do," Hamilton said afterward.

But asked if his Sunday was enjoyable, helium replied: "No, it was miserable.

"The races present are generally, unless you're archetypal and successful the lead; adjacent erstwhile you're successful the lead, it's not that fun. Just a bully reward astatine the extremity but different than that, thing but archetypal is benignant of empty."

Speaking to Sky Sports, Hamilton couldn't explicate the spread to the front, adding, "It conscionable happens."

"For me, I was benignant of successful the mediate of nowhere," Hamilton said.

"Obviously I started with the punishment I had down successful seventh, was evidently down 2 cars for immoderate clip and past managed to wide them, and past I was benignant of conscionable successful no-man's-land aft that. I deliberation the spread was comparatively big, and I wasn't racing anyone.

"I needed the information car oregon thing to travel into play, but it didn't happen, truthful it was conscionable beauteous straightforward from there."

Hamilton was besides confused by Ferrari's connection during the race, a predominant occurrence this season. At 1 stage, Hamilton was told to "push present ... this is our race."

"The accusation wasn't precisely that clear; I didn't recognize the 'this is our race' [comment]," Hamilton said.

"I didn't cognize what I was warring for. Was I warring for the adjacent spot up oregon ... ? But successful existent fact, erstwhile I look astatine the data, I wasn't anyplace adjacent the different guys up front, truthful I utilized my tires a batch successful that moment, but I was truthful acold distant from them."

There was besides a clip connected societal media circulating showing Hamilton asking, "Are you upset with maine oregon something?" amid soundlessness from his squad aft the race.

Team brag Fred Vasseur said afterward that this was due to the fact that of wherever Hamilton was connected the track, alternatively than Ferrari refusing to respond.