Lewis Hamilton to hold crunch talks with Mercedes bosses after losing Italian Grand Prix to Nico Rosberg
World champion could be at odds with engineers who believe it was his fault he suffered poor start on pole
LEWIS HAMILTON will have crunch talks with his Mercedes bosses tomorrow to analyse how he stuffed up his Italian Grand Prix.
SunSport understands that his Mercedes team believe it was the Brit's fault for not following the normal start procedures.
However, Hamilton - who made a U-turn on who was at fault - thinks otherwise and will grill his bosses at their Brackley HQ to discover if it was a clutch problem in order to make sure there is not a repeat in Singapore.
He said: "I can assure you that on Tuesday, the starts is the only thing I am going to be talking about because everything else we are doing really well.
"We are not struggling with pole positions, just getting off the line.
"We never stop improving and learning and we will have learned again from what happened in Monza.
"It was not the greatest result in the scheme of things and last year in Singapore it was difficult too, so we are hoping it is not going to be the same this year."
Mercedes were left scratching their heads after last year's Singapore GP where they were inexplicably off the pace.
There were baffled as Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel won the race while Hamilton retired and Rosberg down in fourth.
Mercedes Head of Motorsport, Toto Wolff, says he believes his team have identified the reasons why they were so slow and is confident there will be no repeat this season.
He added: "We had a discussion about Singapore and why we were not competitive last year and we think we understood why.
"There is no silver bullet. It is not one thing that goes wrong but many things that run into each other, that is why I am extremely curious and excited to see if we got it right.
"Our car is the best compromise. We have 21 races thought the season and you need to have an engine, chassis and downforce combination that works well on average."
Rosberg's win in Monza reduced Hamilton's lead in the championship to just two points.
Yet the German is refusing to get carried away by thoughts that he could finally end his wait for his first world crown.
He said: "I am not thinking about the championship. My belief to win individual races is still my best approach, so why would I change it?
"If I thought about a 45 point lead going to 19, then I would lose sleep over that, so I don't think about it and enjoy winning races."
Meanwhile American company Liberty Media are expected to make the first of their two payments to purchase F1 tomorrow.