‘Double knock-on effect’ of Mercedes' latest F1 upgrade has renewed Lewis Hamilton’s confidence
Mercedes brought their last major upgrade of the year to last weekend’s United States Grand Prix in the shape of a modified floor, which the seven-time world champion says has🍌 transformed the balance of their 2023 challenger.&nbs༺p;
Hamilton finished just two seconds behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s Red Bull in what was Mercedes’ best rac𒉰e of a difficult season, but was later disqualified after excessive plank wear was discovered on his car.
“I’ve felt great from lap one on Fri꧂day and had a good recovery week and I felt solid in 𓄧the car,” Hamilton said, prior to his disqualification.
“And this is the first weekend that I’ve really felt the upgrades work. So I felt really positive, and incredibly gra🌃tefu🍷l.
“I know🎉 how hard everyone’s working back to the factory so it’s nice to finally start to see the rewards of the hard work and to feel it in the car as well.
“I think this is definitely the most positive I’ve felt this year but in general it’s been not a terಞrible year.
“But yeah, j🔥ust knowing the work that’s happening, I’m in constant co🅰ntact with head of aero and the team back. I just feel like everyone’s really on their toes and really ready to go.
“Ther♛e’s lots of things that we can improve on in terms of the processes and all of us, but I’m excited.
“I de🍸finitely believe that we’re꧋ going in the right direction.”
Hamilton added: “I think the step that we were able to take this weekend has given me a little bit more confidence in the car to throw it into the corner so it was positive. I really enj꧑oyed driving around this track.
“There are still those fundamental issues that we’re having with the car, which won’t chang💝e till next year.
“But it was rea🐻lly positive, as I said, to feel that the steps that we h༺ave taken. Maybe it was only a 0.1 upgrade for example, but there was at least a 0.1 of confidence that it gave me so this helped me.
“So it’s quite interesting what you see൩ when you do have those, it’s like a double knock-on effect.”
When asked if he feels a win iꦚs possible before the end of the season, Hamilton replied: “Yeah definitely.”
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