"Encouraging sign" for Lewis Hamilton highlighted by F1 pundit during Bahrain test

An "encouraging sign" for Lewis Hamilton ꦏon day two of F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain.

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

Sky Sports F1 pundit Karun Chandhok believes 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton should be encouraged by how he’s been able to drive this year’s Ferrari in pre-sꩲeason testing 🥃at the Bahrain International Circuit.

Hamilton set the pace in the morning session on day two in Bahrain𝓀.

The 40-year-old’s 1m29.379s was the fastest time of the test up until that point, putting him 0.4s clear of former teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell.

Hamꦆilton a✅ppeared more comfortable in the SF-25 than on day one, with fewer oversteer moments.

Chandhok, who was observing from the commentary box, noticed how Ha꧙milton was able to manipulate the car on the corner entry.

During his final years🌸 with Mercedes, Hamilton was often seen struggling with how the car was handling, especially at low-speed corners.

Speaking during F1’s testing coverage, Chandhok said: “Today it certainly looked like, it felt like, Hamilton had a car underneath him which he could turn and manipulate on corner entry [in a way] that Hamilton wants and I think that’s an encouraging sign for him, and ꦚfor his legion of fans out there who really want him to succeed at Ferrari.”

Hamilton “more comfortable” in the Ferrari

Ferrari a♊ppear to be finding impr🀅ovements as testing continues.

Hamilton will have four more hours in the car on day three before attention turns to 🌟the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

Even during his poor𝐆 run of form at Mercedes in 2024, Hamilton proved he was one of the best over a🍸 race distance.

Being more comfortable in the Ferrari should allow Hamilton to extract his best more often, especially in qualifying, where you ne꧒ed to be on the edge.

F1 ๊tech expert Sam Collins highlighted how Hamilton has improved on his lap tim൲es from last year.

While the conditions are completely different and the cars h🅰ave evolved over the past 12 months, Collins feels it “signifies him ♕being more comfortable in the Ferrari”.

Plus, it’s likely Hamilt🐈on will better that lap time on the final day of testing.

“Lewis Hamilton has improved on his laps [from] last year,” Collins explained during day two of testing “GeorgeRussell’s lap times are abou♊t blow for blow with his best laps in testing last year, he hasn’t really improved.”

“However, Hamilton has made a notabl🙈e step in the Ferrari - which signifies him being more comfortable in the Ferrari and its handling than he was in last year’s Mercedes. Still more testing to come.”

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