F1 | Hamilton 3rd on Saturday in Singapore: "I did everything I could to get pole"

It is a satisfied Lewis Hamilton who presents himself to the microphones at the end of qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix. In fact, the Englishman took third place on Saturday night at Marina Bay, very close (54 thousandths) to the time that earned pole position for Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc.

The seven-time world champion kept Mercedes up in the final and decisive qualifying heat, unlike his teammate George Russell who was unfortunately forced to be eliminated at the end of Q2 by just 6 thousandths. Tomorrow therefore the Star standard bearer will have a great chance to score important points.

"The pole? I came so close, I really gave it my all – declared Hamilton at the end of qualifying – My rivals are always very fast, maybe I thought that with a perfect lap I could have done it. But it was difficult to fight for first position, in the last lap I lacked a bit of grip. In any case I'm happy to be on the second row, I'm grateful to the team because we're continuing to push. Let's hope tomorrow can be a better day. We didn't know how close we would be this weekend, we knew we would be stronger than in Monza but not by how much".