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Lewis Hamilton 'wasn’t quick enough', admits to final sector struggles

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has admitted he “wasn’t quick enough” in Russian Grand Prix qualifying, after struggling in the final sector. The three-time F1 champion will start the race at the Sochi Autodrom from fourth place, with Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen giving Ferrari its first front row lockout since France 2008. Mercedes set quick times through the first two segments of qualifying, but Hamilton suffered a scruffy Q3 and feels he is losing half a second in the final part of the lap. “I just wasn't quick enough today,” he said. “It was all in the last sector, I was losing half a second there. “I've been struggling there all...
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