Lewis Hamilton admits current Mercedes is “hardest” car to get right in his entire F1 career
The seven-time world champion qualified fifth for Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix as teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell put his M𓆏ercedes on the front row of the grid.
Russell missed out on pole position by just 0.072s to Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz, while Hamilton was over four tenths further back as he finished behind the second Ferrari of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris’ McLaren.
Hamilton said he 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:regretted his set-up choice a♈fter making "big changes" to his car overnight after Friday practice.
"It is the harde💟st car that I've ever driven to get right,” Hamilton conꦺceded after qualifying.
Hamilton has already expressed that he is “counting down the days until February” when Mercedes launch their 2024 challenger, which is 🐼set to be a major departu𓆉re from their frustrating and unpredictable W14.
The Briton was happy to accept that Russell has simply done a better job than him so ܫfa🧔r this weekend.
"Really happy for ꦍGeorge, I think he did a mega job. He's just been connected with the car all weekend,🌠” Hamilton said.
"It started good 🀅for us yesterday [Frida﷽y] and it's not so good today [Saturday].”
The 38♏-year-old did claim his first pole in two years in Hungary earlier this season but has not won a race since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
And Hamilton doubts he will be able to challenge the front in🍷 Singapore.
”For me, it's just - yeah. See wha𓆉t I can do," he added "If I can ge𝓀t further up then great.
"The car was good yesterday on a l♉ong run but I changed the car overnight and it's now - I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow [Sunday] with the car."
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