Downbeat Lewis Hamilton the “least confident I’ve ever felt” with W15 F1 car
Lewis Hamilton reacts to one of his 'worst sessions' afteܫr en൲ding 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 Austral✅ian Grand Prix.
The seven-time world cha𓆏mpion placed only 18th fastest in second practice as he struggled for pace on both qualifying and race simulations 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 Mercedes 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 obviously don’t𝄹 feel great. We had one of the worst sessi𝓡ons that I’ve had, probably, in a long time,” Hamilton said.
“P1 felt good. The car, in Run 1, felt the best that it has ever felt. But it got worse a🌸nd worse.
“We made some big change💯s into P2. It was tough… After that session, I feel the least confident that I have ever felt with this car.
“But there are positಞives fro𝔉m the P1 run that we did.”
Having enjoyed a smoother day than 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 seemed pretty tight out there in the first session, a few tenths splitting 10 carꦆs.
“FP2 was more spread out. I was on course for a good lap, at t𝓀he end, but 𒈔had a small problem in the last few corners.
“This year with soft tyres, it will be difficult in the raꦿce. It was an easy one-stop in🐷 previous years. Seemingly, so far, that will not be the way.
“I felt pretty comfortable out there from the begi♓nning.
“We made change🌜s in Saudi and Bahrain. We are st🍷ill trying to understand this car further.
“Every lap is valuable. ꦗYou learn more and more about it, trying to get ෴it into the sweet spot.
“We have the team at the factory working on the sim, tr🧸ying to get more performance out of it.”
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