MONTREAL, Canada -- With the benefit of hindsight, Mercedes would have brought more sets of hyper-soft tyres to the Canadian Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton struggled to hook up a clean lap in qualifying.
Hamilton will start the race from fourth on the grid after mistakes in qualifying left him 0.232s off pole position. He believes that gap could have been eradicated by a cleaner run through Turn 10 -- at which he locked a front brake on both attempts -- but also believes Mercedes' preparation for the weekend put him on the back foot.
Unlike rivals Ferrari and Red Bull, Mercedes brought just five sets of hyper-soft tyres to Canada per car, meaning they did not have enough to test the qualifying compound on Friday.