We will go for it - Mercedes 星／主役にするs gunning for Max Verstappen at Mexican GP
吊りくさび Hamilton said an engine problem derailed his chances of （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Max Verstappen to 有利な立場（位置） for Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix.
A day after his Red Bull team were 罰金d £6million for 違反ing 決まり文句／製法 One’s 財政上の 支配するs last year, Verstappen 配達するd a breathless （競技場の）トラック一周 in the thin Mexico City 空気／公表する to take the qualifying spoils.
George Russell finished second, 0.304 seconds behind Verstappen, with Hamilton 0.309secs その上の 支援する.
Hamilton finished 走者-up to Verstappen at last 週末’s 部隊d 明言する／公表するs Grand Prix before 敏速に 判決，裁定 out any hope of ending the （選挙などの）運動をする with a victory ahead of the final three 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs.
However, just six days later, Hamilton, 武装した with a new 前線 wing on his Mercedes, had a machine 有能な of taking the fight to Verstappen and Red Bull.
Hamilton’s first （競技場の）トラック一周 in Q3 was 削除するd for 越えるing 跡をつける 限界s at Turn 3. He then complained about the 欠如（する） of 速度(を上げる） from his 機械／機構.
“I have got drivability 問題／発行するs,” he 報告（する）／憶測d to his race engineer, Peter Bonnington over the 無線で通信する. “力／強力にする dropping out.”
Hamilton retuned to the 跡をつける for his final run, and was just 0.014secs 流浪して of Verstappen after the second 部門.
But the seven-time world 支持する／優勝者 was unable to carry his pace through the final third of the （競技場の）トラック一周, finishing a distant three tenths 支援する.
“We had some problems with the engine に向かって the end, and there was definitely a bit of 業績／成果 left on the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する,” said Hamilton.
“The problem started to appear in Q2, and then after that, every run in Q3. I was dropping out of 力／強力にする on the 出口 of corners. It felt like an ignition 問題／発行する but I will find out more from the team.
吊りくさび Hamilton 行方不明になるd out on 政治家 by 0.309 seconds in Mexico (Moises Castillo/AP)
“I did the best I could and losing that first （競技場の）トラック一周 made the last one very difficult. I had to be very reserved to make sure it was clean and I wasn’t as able to 押し進める as hard as I would have liked.
“But nonetheless, it is not a bad position to start from and I hope we can 直す／買収する，八百長をする the engine problem.”
The 811-metre 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 to the first corner 似ているs the longest on the F1 calendar, and Hamilton is 希望に満ちた he will be able to take advantage of a 牽引する off Verstappen’s Red Bull at a 跡をつける which sits 2,250 metres above sea level.
Hamilton might also be encouraged that the last two races at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez have been won from third on the grid.
But the British driver 警告するd: “These guys (Red Bull) have been 早い all year long, and we are still losing out to them through straight-line 速度(を上げる）.
“It will be difficult to get by, but we will give it our best 発射 and Turn 1 is an 適切な時期. We will go for it.”
Hamilton’s team-mate Russell, fastest in both second and third practice, was also in a position to challenge for 政治家.
But he ran wide through the stadium section, scuppering his hopes of （人命などを）奪う，主張するing both his and Mercedes’ second 最高の，を越す 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in qualifying of the year.
“Sorry guys,” said a deflated Russell over the 無線で通信する.
He 追加するd afterwards: “The team deserved more today. They’ve produced a really 広大な／多数の／重要な car. I feel like it was our 政治家 to have, but it was just a terrible （競技場の）トラック一周 from my 味方する.”
Verstappen has already sewn up his second 肩書を与える but he will より勝る Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel and （人命などを）奪う，主張する the 記録，記録的な／記録する of most victories in a 選び出す／独身 （選挙などの）運動をする if he 勝利s for a 14th time in 2022 on Sunday.
The home （人が）群がる, however, will be desperate to see the other Red Bull 勝利, with 350,000 観客s in Mexico’s 資本／首都 this 週末 to 元気づける on Sergio Perez at the 20th 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 22. Perez will start from fourth on the grid.
