Lewis Hamilton’s unexpected early exit from qualifying at the Monaco Grand Prix was due to a set-up problem, according to the Mercedes team’s non-executive chairman Niki Lauda, while the triple F1 World Champion admits the result has confused and deflated him. Lauda, a former three-time world champion, said the team failed to find the right solution to his problems, following a bad decision on set-up made on Thursday. 'We just couldn’t get it right on Lewis’ car and, therefore, he had a disastrous qualifying,' said Austrian Lauda. “(Valtteri) Bottas's car was better, very close to the second place so, with him, we're happy, but with Lewis, not at all. “We have to analyse...
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