Hamilton baffled by Spanish GP slump

ByAutoSport

Updated 12/05/2013 at 15:02 GMT

Lewis Hamilton declared himself baffled by the extent of Mercedes' tyre struggles in the Spanish Grand Prix, as he plummeted from the front row to a lapped 12th.

2013 GP of Spain Mercedes Hamilton

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Although Hamilton's team-mate Nico Rosberg managed to salvage sixth place, the 2008 world champion tumbled down the field.

"It was an experience that I don't really want to go through again," said Hamilton.

"Today I was doing absolutely everything the same as I did in Bahrain.

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"But I had no grip, I couldn't push, and if I did, the tyre just went off immediately.

"I'm absolutely lost today. I don't know what went wrong."

Hamilton admitted he had expected Mercedes to have made more progress resolving its tyre troubles since Bahrain.

"It seems others made a bigger step for this weekend than us," he said.

"Even though we brought upgrades, we didn't make any progress with the degradation."

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