Lewis Hamilton finally upbeat about W15 but doesn’t want to ‘f it up’ with changes
Lewis Hamilton is𒐪 upbeat about Mercedesဣ' W15 after an encouraging start at the Japanese Grand Prix.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has hailed opening practice at the Japanese Grand Prix as the “best session” Mercedes have had so far during the 2024 F1 season.
After enduring a difficult opening three races, Mercedes enjoyed a positive showing at Suzuka as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell and Hamilton finished fouﷺrth and fifth in a dry first practice.
Hamilton then fini💫shed second-fastest in a rain-hit FP2 but lap time🉐s were largely unrepresentative in a session that saw very limited running.
The seven-time world champion said it was “the best the car has fꦦelt” this season and is confident Mercedes have st✅arted the weekend with a strong baseline.
“It was a great, a really good session 💧for us. It was the best session that we’ve had this year. It’s the best the car has felt so far, so it felt really positive,” Hamilton said.
“I was really excited because this is a circuit that every driver loves to drive. In the last coupl⭕e of years we’ve had a really difficult ca𝓀r and balance to drive here.
“And given the difficult last few races we’ve had, great wor🎀k has been done t🍰his past week and we just seem to have hit the ground a bit more in a sweeter spot. So I haven’t really made any changes since.”
Hamilt൲on is wary about making too many changes heading into qualifying.
“I think we’ve got a better baseline to start from, so as long as we don’t make too 🎉many changes and f it up,” he added. “I think probably just stay where we are.”
Teammate Russell ecಌhoed Hamilton’s early optimism, saying Mercedes “definitely performed better than expected” on Friday.
“That was a pleasant surprise,” Russell explained. “The car was feeling really nice to⭕ drive and Lewis and I were really happy with the balance.
“It has been performing better 🎃when it’s slightly colder, but we’ve been doing a lot of test items to try and make that car a little more consistent when conditions are variable. So time will tell.
“FP2 was definitely a miss for everybody as we had some interesting things to try but that’s the 🍨nature 🎉of F1 sometimes.”
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