The Mercedes driver was ninth quickest in a heavily-delayed and extended second practice but said he enjoyed♊ his fir🦋st outing around the high-speed street circuit. 

“It’s incredibly fast🃏 and so much fun. I’m so glad we got to run again,” the seven-t🌠ime world champion said. 

“Not great in P1, with what happened, but they d🧔id a great jobဣ to fix it.” 

Hamiltღon add🤡ed: “You are sliding through the high-speed corners but also the low-speed corners. 

“You don’t have a huge amount of load, because you need the straight-line speed. And the temperatures are having a big effect on it༺.

"It’s massively challenging. Even though they’ve got the long straights, there aren’t🅰 a lot of places to overtake because the grip is s❀o low.

“A𒊎nd the tow is not huge, a bit like Monza when you’re behind people because you’ve got the small wing, there’s not a lot of drag. 

“It will be interesting. Qualifying position will be really important, and degradation wi༒ll be key.” 

Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, who ended up 1꧑2th in FP2, echoed Hamilto🍨n’s verdict. 

“It was good to finally get going ওafter quite a long day,” Russell said. 

“Good to get out there, a very fast circuit. Hiඣghest top speed of th🍃e year, probably.

“Obviously racing at night is prett🍨y spectacular.” 

Russell likened the first few exploratory laps to “driving around on ice” due to the low grip leꦍvels. 

“The track is evolving with everꦏy lap,” he explained. “The first laps you did, you are d𝕴riving around on ice. 

“No grip, you can visibility see the dirt and dust. Every lap, you are🐻 learning. You are going faster, the track is faster, your brake point is changing. 

“It’s tricky when you are going 230mph into both braking zones, picking the braking point with very little🐠 downforce on the car. It 🌸was good fun.”