Lewis Hamilton’s lukewarm verdict to Mercedes W15: ‘A good foundation to build on’
🍸Lewis Hamilton has given hi♕s reaction to driving the Mercedes W15 for the first time in anger during pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has labelled the Mercedes W15 F1 car as a “good foundation to bui꧂ld on” after a full day 🥀of running in Bahrain.
Hamilton was in acti🌱on for Mercedes on day 🌜two of pre-season testing, completing 123 laps.
The seven-time world champion set the third-fastest time of the day, on the C3 tyr꧒e, with his best effort 1.1s off the pace.
Reflecting on his first day in the car, Hamilton described the W15 as “much nicer to drive” compared to its prede𒊎cessor.
"It was a productive day out there," Hamiton said. "We gathered lots of learnings about the W15, both in our long running and sing﷽le lap work.
"We've clearly made an improvement with this year's car and it's much nicer to d෴r👍ive.
"A big thank you to everyone at Brackley and Brixworth for the effor𒉰ts they've put in to deliver that over the past year. I'm really grateful for all their hard work.”
Hamilton was 0.4s shy of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez, who also set his best time on the C3 tyre.
The Ferrari-bound driver believes the W15 is a “good foundation to build on” with further progress required ahead of the season-open🎃er.
"We've still got progress to make of course. But this is a good foundation for us to build on,” he 🍸add🔴ed.
"We'll keep our heads down and continue to work to find iಞmprovements, both over the rest of the test a﷽nd into next week.
"I'm looking fo🌼rward to being back in the car t✱omorrow morning and continuing that learning."
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