Downbeat Lewis Hamilton the “least confident I’ve ever felt” with W15 F1 car
Lewis Hamilton reacts to one of his 'worst sꦬessions' after ending Friday practice a lowly 18th.
An extremely downbeat 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton admitted he is “the least confident” he has felt with Mercedes’ 2024 F1 car after a difficult start at the Australian Grand Prꩲix.
The seven-time world champion placed o๊nly 18th fastest in second practice as he struggled for pace on both qualifying and race simulatio𝄹ns around a Melbourne circuit he has traditionally excelled at.
Hamilton, who finished FP2 over 1.5 seconds off the pace and trailed teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell in both sessions on Friday, reported over the radio that something felt “wrong” with his Merceꦜdes car.
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff revealed Hamilton had conducted a series of set-up experiments in FP2 which 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“massively backfired”.
“I obvi🌊ously don’t feel great. We had one of the worst sessions that I’ve had, probably, in a long time,” Hamilton said.
“P1 felt good. Th🐲e car, in Run 1, felt the ꩲbest that it has ever felt. But it got worse and worse.
“We made some big changes into P2. It was tough…ဣ After that🎃 session, I feel the least confident that I have ever felt with this car.
“But there are positi🐓vཧes from the P1 run that we did.”
Having enjoyed a smoothꦦer day th𒐪an Hamilton, Russell said: “We were pushing the limits and had a few little moments, here and there. But all under control, in the end.
“It se𒊎emed pretty tight out there in the first session, a few tenths splꦬitting 10 cars.
“FP2 was more spre꧅ad out. I was on course for a good lap, at the end, but had a small problem in the last few corners.
“This🥂ಌ year with soft tyres, it will be difficult in the race. It was an easy one-stop in previous years. Seemingly, so far, that will not be the way.
“I felt pretty comforta💎ble out there f♈rom the beginning.
“We made changes in Saudi and Bahrain. We are still trying to understand this car furth🐻er.
“Every lap i𒉰s valuable. You learn more and more about it, trying to get𒀰 it into the sweet spot.
“We have the te🧜am at the factory working on the sim, trying to get more performance out of it.”
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