Hamilton laments lack of power and poor tyre performance after Austrian GP

[p]The seven-time world champion, who had claimed his first Ferrari win two weeks earlier in Spain, slipped from second to third in the drivers' championship behind Mercedes' series leader [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/antonelli-andrea-kimi/ptGu0mT1/"]Kimi Antonelli[/a], who finished third, and race winner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/russell-george/xxF56RaN/"]George Russell[/a].[/p][p]"It was a very hard race, a really tough one," he said. [b]"Being extremely hot, and I didn't agree with any of my tyres today! My start wasn't really good, and my getaway was poor.[/b][/p][p][b]"But I was on the attack, passed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leclerc-charles/KlCOSRub/"]Charles[/a] (Leclerc) and felt it was not too bad on the first few laps - I was holding on for second behind George, but then the rears just dropped off.[/b][/p][p][b]"And on every set (of tyres) for some reason the balance was often very difficult."[/b][/p][p]He said he was six-tenths of a second down on straight-line speed on Friday. [b]"We are going to have to push really hard to see when we can get the next power upgrade."[/b][/p][embed guid="d7c14ac4-2179-43cd-8633-104315fd7fa9" url="https://x.com/F1/status/2071290783794127344?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]His Ferrari team-mate Leclerc finished eighth.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hamilton-lewis/tI5Vpe1h/"]Hamilton[/a], who had an exciting early on-track battle with four-time champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/verstappen-max/UV3mgeXB/"]Max Verstappen[/a] of Red Bull, who finished second, added that he was looking forward to his home British Grand Prix next weekend at Silverstone, where he has won a record nine times.[/p][p][b]"I love Silverstone," [/b]he said. [b]"But lots of straights, unfortunately. Hopefully, the car will be in a nicer place there."[/b][/p]