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Lewis Hamilton will start the United States Grand Prix from P2, between the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.
At the post United States Grand Prix Qualifying press conference Lewis Hamilton said he hopes there will be no incidents at the start of the race.
“I hope we make it through Turn 1 and have a good race,” said the Briton.
“I don’t think it’s all decided at Turn 1.”
Lewis also admits he has no idea how Mercedes went from being dominant in FP1, to not being able to challenge Red Bull in qualifying.
“I don’t really know. It started off good, it felt pretty good through FP1, then bit by bit, they got a little bit faster.
“I don’t know if we got slower but it’s been a real struggle with the car, compared to when we’re normally here.
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“Part of it is probably overheating the tires, which is affecting I’m sure everyone, but yeah it’s been a challenge.
“Going into qualifying, the first session wasn’t that great. Q1 wasn’t spectacular, but started to improve particularly on the medium tire. The last two runs were pretty good.
“I think [Red Bull] have just been pretty quick all weekend. We were able to match them or be ahead in FP1 but since then they’ve really pulled a lot.
“You can tell the car is quick, because both of them are up there and putting in some seriously good laps.
“But we’re in a good position to fight them tomorrow and I hope we can,” concluded the seven-time champion.
