Jenson Button explains why Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes seating position is making him “struggle”
Ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, Hamilton d🃏etailed the issues he has with the 2023 Mercedes car, pinpo♊inting one key area.
“If you look at the past, I’ve always enjoyed𝔉 an oversteering car,” Hamilton explained. "I don’t know if people know, we sit closer to the front wheels than all the other drivers. Our cockpit is too close to the front.
“When you’re driving, you feel lik🧸e you’re sitting on the front wheels which is one of the worst feelings to feel when you’re driving a car.
"If you were drivin🅘g your car at home and you pulled the wheels right underneath your legs, you would not be happy when you're approaching the roundabo𒆙ut.
"What that does is it real𝐆ly changes the attitude of the car and how you perceive its movement. And it makes it harder to predict compared to when you're further back and sitting more centred. It is just something I have really struggled with."
Button - who spent three yea🌄rs as the sꦆeven-time champion’s teammate between 2010 and 2012 - simplified Hamilton’s complaints from a driver’s perspective.
“It’s [to do] with what he’s not feeling,” Button said during Sky’s Australian GP coverage. “I think that’s the biggest𝓀 problem with Lewis.
“The way he drives, he’s quite aggressive o♔n the throttle, quite aggressive on the brake and he does everything through the steering wheel, so he really needs to feel what’s happening through the rear of the car through his arms.
“ౠAnd he’s not getting that so he doesn’t have that confidence to push the car and these cars are tricky anyway, especially in qualifying, and if he doesn’t have that confidence♓, he’s not able to get the maximum out of it.”
Hamilton scored his first podium of F1 2023 in Melbourne, finishing second behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.
He sits f♚ourth in the drivers’ championship after three rounds.
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