'失望させるd' 吊りくさび Hamilton 収容する／認めるs Mercedes are going 'through the 動議s' in 'challenging' season as Australian GP 退職 makes this his WORST start ever in 決まり文句／製法 1

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吊りくさび Hamilton 譲歩するd that Mercedes are a million miles off fighting for race 勝利，勝つs after 退職 at the Australian Grand Prix 非難するd him to his worst ever season start in 決まり文句／製法 One.?

The seven-time world 支持する／優勝者 is on eight points after three races, even worse than the meagre 14 points he managed to start the 2009 season.?

Hamilton's race was run here when engine 失敗 put paid to any hopes of a finish, and he watched his soon-to-be new team Ferrari 記録，記録的な／記録する a one-two finish with Carlos Sainz, the man he will 取って代わる in the team next season, taking victory.

Hamilton is trying not to get too 負かす／撃墜する about things and tried to 強調する／ストレス afterwards that he is feeling 'pretty good' even in the 直面する of history-making adversity for him.?

'I mean, this is the worst start to season I've ever had,' he said.

Mercedes' 吊りくさび Hamilton is 公式に 耐えるing his worst ever start to a 決まり文句／製法 One season

The seven-time world 支持する／優勝者 was 軍隊d to retire with engine 失敗 before 20-（競技場の）トラック一周 示す

Asked if it has been 'even worse than the last two', he replied: 'Oh, yeah, for sure. And it's worse than 2009 I think.'

'Surprisingly,' he continued, 'I feel pretty good. I'm trying to keep things in 視野, you know, this like, could be so much worse.

'I'm really 感謝する. I've really enjoyed my time here in Australia, I'm still enjoying working with a team.?

'Of course, I'd love to be fighting for 勝利，勝つs and 現実に finishing races.

'It's never a 広大な／多数の／重要な feeling when you come all this way, and you don't see even half of the race, but what I know is that we will bounce 支援する, we will 結局 get there, we just have to continue to 半導体素子 away.'?

It was a day that went from bad to worse for Mercedes when Hamilton's running mate George Russell 苦しむd a DNF on the final （競技場の）トラック一周 に引き続いて a 衝突，墜落.?

Speaking in the マスコミ pen at Albert Park, Hamilton 認める that such poor results are demoralising for everyone 伴う／関わるd in the Mercedes team.?

'I think it's 堅い on the spirit,' Hamilton said.

'I think for everyone in the team, when so much work is going on throughout the winter for everybody, you come in excited, 動機づけるd and driven, and then you're with the mindset that you're going to be fighting for 勝利，勝つs.

'And then 明白に that's not the 事例／患者. And then you're like, 'Okay, maybe second, third'. No, it's not the 事例／患者, and it cascades a bit その上の 負かす／撃墜する. And you just go through the 動議s. It's challenging.

'But I continue to be 奮起させるd by the people I've worked with. They continue to put in the 成果／努力 and show up and that's the most important thing.'?

Mercedes' woes continued when George Russell sorted a final （競技場の）トラック一周 DNF after hitting the 障壁

His car was left in a bad way as he 追跡（する）d 負かす／撃墜する Fernando Alonso at the Australian Grand Prix

The Brit 追加するd: 'I think it's 平易な to get caught up in the moment and be 焦点（を合わせる）d on this one thing but the bigger picture is definitely the 焦点（を合わせる） of the moment, and also just realising that you can't 支配（する）／統制する everything.

'Like you get 失望させるd because you don't have 支配（する）／統制する, you can just let go and just be in the moment and that's really… it's not 広大な／多数の／重要な, I'm not happy, but I'm gonna have a 広大な／多数の／重要な day tomorrow.'

A Mercedes spokesperson went on to 確認する that it was a 力／強力にする-部隊 失敗 that 原因（となる）d Hamilton's 早期に DNF before the 20-（競技場の）トラック一周 示す.

Now attention turns to the Japanese race next up where they will look to finally 点火（する） their season.?