- ‘I know what a car needs’, Hamilton tells BBC F1 podcast
- Mercedes were badly outpaced by rivals at Bahrain GP
Lewis Hamilton has claimed Mercedes “did not listen” to him over the development of this season’s underperforming Formula One car.
The seven-time world champion finished fifth in the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, over 50 seconds behind the race winner, Max Verstappen. With Red Bull dominant again, Hamilton also found himself outpaced by Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz at the Sakhir circuit.