owever, the German seemed relaxed about the situation when asked about it on Thursday.

MONACO -- Although Lewis Hamilton qualified in second place for the Monaco Grand Prix, the former world champion still feels some way off being able to compete for victory in Sundays race. Hamilton has 21 GP wins to his name -- compared to just one for his new teammate Nico Rosberg -- but the Briton has been beaten by the German in qualifying for three consecutive Formula One races. "This weekend was one of the toughest for me so far," Hamilton said after finishing behind Rosberg in qualifying. "Its a general feeling to do with me. Its difficult to really explain it. Ive just not been on it all weekend. Its not through not being focused or not being centred or anything like that, its just (feeling) uncomfortable in the car." Hamiltons season started brightly enough, with two third-place finishes in the first three races, but he finished 12th in Barcelona two weeks ago and was off the pace before that in Bahrain, where he crossed the line in fifth spot. In Barcelona two weeks ago, the 28-year-old driver started from second on the grid only to roll in a crushing full lap behind race winner Fernando Alonsos Ferrari. "Particularly in the last couple (of races) I did pretty poor," Hamilton said. "Its been like (this) since the first race. Even winter testing I was struggling." Hamilton, who won the title in 2008, acknowledges that the pre-season switch from McLaren to Mercedes has taken him out of his comfort zone more than he expected. "The set up I have on the car, in terms of brake, cylinders, is a lot different obviously to what I experienced before where I was very, very comfortable. Id been used to it and it was always the same," he said. "I had 100 per cent confidence in the car (at McLaren), particularly (on) this track where you need 100 per cent confidence in the car." Hamilton adds that his confidence has been slightly affected, such as being unsure of when to brake, and that he still cant get enough temperature in the tires. Mercedes shortcomings have been exposed in races, and what the car has in speed it lacks in durability. "It worked well in the past, its just that Ive been struggling with getting that confidence," Hamilton said. Its not that Hamilton has never been beaten by a teammate in qualifying, but in the past he raced alongside former world champions -- such as Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button. Rosberg has never finished higher than seventh overall. "Ive been very fortunate to have had lots of experiences in the past, obviously when I was with Fernando, with Jenson," Hamilton said. "Ive had plenty of times where I was out-qualified. It doesnt make me doubt my abilities or anything like that, just got to work harder." Rosberg has a best of fourth place this season at the Malaysian GP, so getting ahead of Hamilton in qualifying almost feels like a victory in itself. "I know that Lewis is one of the best out there, so it was going to be a massive challenge to beat him around here," Rosberg said. 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The Redskins announced Monday that the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl championship in the 1987 season will serve as a personnel executive. MONZA, Italy - Nico Rosberg has played down Lewis Hamiltons new pool of fresh engines, saying everything is going to plan with his own usage of power units.Hamiltons huge grid penalty in Spa came after Mercedes made multiple engine changes, capitalising on a loophole in the regulations which effectively allowed it to stockpile fresh ones for the remainder of the season. That means he will not face a penalty for using any one of the three engines Mercedes gave him during the Spa weekend as he has already served the penalty on each.?Some have suggested Hamiltons engine situation has given him the edge in the title fight, with Rosberg now consigned to his current engine and one fresh power unit for the remaining eight races. However, the German seemed relaxed about the situation when asked about it on Thursday.When told Hamilton seemed happy to have extra engines, Rosberg replied: I am happy as well, everything is going to plan. I have had one race on my current engine as it wwas new in Spa.ddddddddddddRosberg capitalised on Hamiltons penalties in Belgium, turning in a faultless weekend to end his teammates run of four consecutive wins before the summer break. That cut the gap to Hamilton to ten points but Rosberg refused to be drawn on commenting on his state of mind.I was very happy to win the race and the way the race went for me it was a great weekend, he said.?Speaking about his expectations for the Italian Grand Prix this weekend, he said: It will be easier on the tyres, we are expecting two stop or one stop so it should be easier but it is the same tyres as Spa with the super-soft and it was really close in qualifying so we are expecting it a similar situation again with the track being shorter here it will be really close. It is saturated with the super-softs due to the temperatures so all the teams close up. ' ' '