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Lewis Hamilton said Mercedes did not "take a lot of risk" like the one that took out Charles Leclerc of Ferrari from the first part of the qualifiers for the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix.
Leclerc was eliminated from Q1 by several late improvements and was not able to react, as Ferrari kept him in the pits in the final minutes, a decision that the morning coach questioned.
After being informed of what Ferrari has done and the consequences that resulted, the Monaco GP poleman, Hamilton, said that this type of mistake is "a matter of preparation" and "it is really a formality ".
"We talk a lot about the plan, even before moving on to the third quarter, we were talking about timing and preparation, and the communication is constant," said Hamilton.
He added, "Sometimes this happens, they will have a minimum time, the coup de grace, and predict that the track will improve some time and they will say" you are safe ".
"In my first round, they said," you're safe, but you can stay outside and do more. "
"I decided to stay outside to improve my time and see if the track was improving.
"I sat in the garage at the edge," we could go out, we could not ".
"They chose to risk [it]. We do not really take a lot of risks. "
Sebastian Vettel was beaten in third place by Max Verstappen of Red Bull.
Vettel hit the wall during his last flying lap, which Hamilton said he saw but found "very easy".
"It's such an intense battle yet, no matter what package you have, you're still trying to shoot every drop or more," said Hamilton.
"When you are on the edge of the razor you will make more mistakes.
"When your car is late, you hope that as a driver you can carry 2/3/4 tenths more, no matter what it is, and you go beyond the limit and make more mistakes. "
Hamilton celebrates after pole
Hamilton has qualified for the Monaco GP on the back foot, but has reversed the trend against his teammate and provisional goalkeeper, Valtteri Bottas, with a fastest lap of 0.086 in Q3.
This triggered an explosion of emotion on the radio on his turn of slowdown and a closing moment in the parc fermé.
"I was so excited," he told Autosport's request to talk about that moment.
"I just tried to hold back but there are a lot of British and a lot of British flags, and I do not know, it was just a whim.
"I felt that the fence was going to happen in fact! Fortunately that's not the case."
Hamilton said his emotion was exacerbated by the tension in qualifying and not knowing if his "ragged" trick was enough.
"I had been waiting a long time to find out," he said. "I was like" Where the hell is Valtteri? "
"Talk about sitting on the edge of your seat when you do not know what's going on …"
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