“Hamilton benefited from that by leaving his run late and benefiting from the usual improvement in track conditions through qualifying to pip Leclerc by 0.064secs.”
“They made a huge step this weekend," Hamilton said. "They must have brought a 0.3-0.4secs upgrade. Three tenths was just from the weight that they dropped from the car, which is huge.”
“Considering they've been so close in some of the races, like Monaco, and they were nine kilos overweight. It's a good showing that they've got a good car, and that they just lost that weight.”