Mercedes hint at key opportunity for Lewis Hamilton in today’s F1 Italian GP

Important factor pinpointed by Mercedes to🐻 give Lewis Hamilton hope

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton might have been pessimistic after qualifying but Mercedes have outlined where he can make an impact in the F1 Italian Grand Prix.

Hamilton was restricted to sixth on the grid after a disappointing Saturday, and he reacted by claiming it would not be possible to fight f🐲or 𝓰the win at Monza.

Teammate George Russell, in P3, splits two McLarens and two Ferraris ♕in front of Hamilton.

Andrew Shovlin, Mercedes’ Trackside Engineering Director,♊ said: "We knew it was going to be tight at the front [in quali💟fying].

“It was therefore not unexpecte🔯d that the field was so close at the end of Q3. Ferrari managed to get both of their cars into the 0.073s gap that was between Lewis and Georg🌌e.

“McLaren meanwhile have been quick at every track we’ve visited recently so it was no surprise to find that we couldn't quite ma⛎tch them. That is both fru𝄹strating and encouraging.

“The gap toꦓ P1 was just over one tenth of ღa second and pole position was within touching distance for both our drivers.

"George is well placed lini🔯ng up in P3. Our starts have been good recently and it's a long run to turn one.

“If we can get betwe🌱en the McLarens off the line, that w🌌ill help our chances of a strong afternoon.

“Lewis has a bit of work to do starting from behind the Ferraris, but the degradation here looks set to be 🌳high.

“There could be plenty of opportunity to get into the fight at the front if that is the ꧒case. As we know, he is one of the best at tyre m🐽anagement so we can be excited as to what [Sunday] may bring."

McLaren have Lando Norris in pole po♌sition and Oscar Piast📖ri in second.

Team boss Andrea Stella said: “Tyre behaviour will be interesting, and I think everyone will be going in with a degree of uncertainty about how it mi🥃ght pan-out.

“We have to work hard tonight, ext🦩ract 🔜the most out of the car, and try to maximise this very strong grid position.”

Ferrari have C꧃harles Leꦕclerc fourth and Carlos Sainz fifth.

📖Their team principal Fred Vasseur said: “We were running somewhat on the low downforce side🎶 [in qualifying] which again could be a positive for [the race.

“It probably made the car more difficult to drive in qualifying, but it will gi🥀ve us more top speed in the race.

“In the last couple of events we had the tyre degradation under conꦛtrol, maybe more so than our closest competitors and had a better race performance than in qualifying.

“As for strategy, it will depend on the p🍨ace at which the opening laps are run. If it is a very high pace then a two-stop might be a consideration and the new tarmac will influence that. One thing’s for certain, it will be a very close fight and our fans will be supporting us from start to finish."

Red Bull have Max Verstapꦺpen a lowly seventh, and Sꦯergio Perez eighth.

Christian Horner admitted: “There is an imbalance in the car, that when you sort one problem you get another, you sort the front and you cause a problem with the rear, you sort the rear an🌳d get a problem with the front, it is not conneꦍcted.

“Of course, as a 𓂃team we are concerned by our form but more than that it is confusing. We will work hard overnight to try and understand it, but it gives us a tough race."

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