Lewis Hamilton left questioning if “tough” 0.8s gap to pole is Mercedes’ true speed
Lewis Hamilton🍨 has assessed Mercedes' ongoing competitive ജstruggles after qualifying in Miami.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton is unsure if the eight-tenth gap to pole position at the F1 Miami Grand Prix is 🌄a true reflection of Mercedes’ speed.
Mercedes drivers 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell and Hamilton could onlyꦐ take seventh and eighth in qualifying in Miami in th🔯e team’s latest underwhelming performance.
Both Russell and Hamilton were over eight tenths adrift of Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen but the seven-time world 🧜champion thinks Merc꧂edes are being hampered by tyre struggles.
Hamilton was a promising third-quickest in Q2 but ended up “nowhere” in the final part of qualifying♔.
"The track temperature was pretty similar the whole way through 🐼and the grip of the track felt really good,” Ha𓃲milton said.
"These tyres are so𓂃 sensitive. Trying to get the tyres to work and deliver the maximum potential throughout the whole lap is some🐷thing we struggle with.
"Then we had that glimpse of hope iಞn Q2 then in Q3🍨 we were nowhere.”
Ham⛦ilton suggested Mercedes’ tyre troubles are potentially masking the genuine speed of their W15 c𒁃hallenger.
"Generally, it's been a much better day,” he added. “We went forwards in the Sprint and tꦓhen Qualifying, getting into Q3 was positive.
"Q3 just wasn't reall🦩y great 🦩but I'm grateful to get into there.
"For u🌞s to be eighth tenths off is tough. We are fighting the Haas and I don't re🍰ally know if that's the true speed of our car or whether it's the tyres.
"I think there's a lot in these tyres that we are struggling to... we have not been able t🍸o use them all year."
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