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Hamilton blames baffling tyre woes for FP2 slump

Lewis Hamilton says he has no explanation for Mercedes' loss of form on Thursday afternoon in Monaco, and admits that his team has a lot of work to do before action resumes on Saturday. Hamilton topped the times in the morning session, but in the second session could not better eighth, while teammate Valtteri Bottas was 10th. Both men were over 1.1s off the pace-setting Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel as they struggled for grip in the hotter conditions. “I can’t, because I don’t understand it,” said Hamilton when asked for an explanation. “P1 was really good, the car was feeling great. Then there was night and day difference, black and white. "P2 was a little bit different, we...
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