THE PRICE OF HUMBLE PIE

Well, it had to happen someday and that day was yesterday. Lewis did not make it into Q3 as usual. It was a combination of factors:

1. He and engineer Phil Prew made the wrong tyre choice to start Q2 which was the wet tyres, not the extreme wets.
2. When Lewis came back into the pits to change tyres, race control called him in to weigh his car. Hmm..suspicious? That wasted more time.
3. He waited after everybody else had gone out in Q2 and set their times before going out.

The more important point here is point 3. Why did he have to waste so much time in the pits while everybody else had the sense of urgency to go out and set a time before the rain got worse? I noticed that this season he has been so relaxed in this regard. Last year he was always the first to go out to set times. I know he has matured but it looks like over-confidence.

In a way it's good because he has to learn the lesson sooner or later. With just a 2 point lead, you don't become so over-confident and relaxed like that. I know the papers has called the new master of rain but it doesn't make his tyres stick better in the wet compared to others.

I hope, looking at his statement it looks like it, he has eaten some humble pie. Hopefully, he uses his head more often in future and stops making statements like the other day that doesn't help his image.