Lewis Hamilton delivers verdict on upgraded Mercedes W14 after Canada

Lewis Hamilton has revealed he “doesn’t feel a huge difference to the beginning of the year” when driving the Mercedes W14 despite its improved form in recent F1 races.
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14 celebrates third position at the end of the race. Formula 1 World Championship,
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14 celebrates third position at the end of the race. …

Hamilton scored his second consecutive podium finish of the year in Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix, finishing third behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso.

Since Mercedes introduced their u🍸pgrade package at Imola𓆏, Hamilton hasn’t failed to finish outside the top four.

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Interestingly, he’s also had a comfortable edge over Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell.

Speaking after the race in Canada, Hamilton was asked how t🗹he W14 felt now it had been heavily upgraded.

🌼He replied: “In truth, it doesn't feel a huge difference to theꦆ beginning of the year. There are some elements of the car which do feel different and obviously with the upgrade but it's just simply just have a little bit more downforce on the car. 

“But the characteristics of the car are very, very 🙈similar to what we had earlier on in the year and so we need to… for the future, for next year's car, you need to take a lot of thes💦e different things off and change them for sure.”

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 9, Canadian Grand Prix, Montreal, Canada, Race
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 9, Canadian Grand…

Hamilton doesn’t think that the inherent ha💜ndling char𝄹acteristics of the W14 are good enough to be able to beat Red Bull, particularly with how the car handles the kerbs.

“It's definitely not the car that… characteristic-wise the car that's going to be able to beat the Red Bull just yet,” he added. “And sওo we've got to work on that. For example, it was very bumpy, this track, and I think everyone was struggling but our car was very stiff. 

“But I think we were all struggling with the stiffne𒆙ss of our cars. But today was bumpy. That's the one that thing that… I would say that's something I dislike most about this generation of cars, right? Back in the day was smooth down the straight.”

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