Jenson Button has theorised that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s age could be behind his sub-par qu🐻alifying this seaso🌄n.

Hamilton is 16-5 down to teammate George Russell in F1 qualifying sessions this season, with threไe rounds to go.

It means he will lose out to a teammate in head-to-head qua💫lifying for just the second time in his 12-year Mercedes career this season.

Ex-McLaren teammate Button delivered a reminder that qualifying is a 🐓traditional “strength” of Hamilton’s.

But ꦦButton added to Sky Sports: “He’s almost 40 years old. Maybe you do lose🧸 a tiny bit.

“You are racing against 20𓃲 year olds. Your reactions, no matter how good they are, are not going to be as go❀od as a 20 year old’s.

“You can possibly lose that slight edge which wouldn’t show up in a race, but in qualifying it be𒐪comes mo🔴re difficult.

“It does hurt when you see the younger drivers suddenly, not just quick in qualifying but🧜 it is the consistency they can put in in qualifying.”

Both Merce💖des drivers have cause for optimism ahead of Saturday at the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Hamilton topped both Friday practice sessions, with Russell second and third💧𒁃.

But Mercedes have struggled at times this season with a decreasing competitiveness as the race weekend goes oꦰn.

Last ti🔯me out in Brazil, Hamilton failed to get out of Q1 in a ꦐwet qualifying session, then finished 10th in the grand prix.

He reappeared in Vegas admitting that, in the bleak moment of his poor Brazil result, he wan🔜ted to walk away.

Button said as Hamilton topped Friday practice in V🍌egas: “I’m really happy that he’s here, and I’m sure we’ll see the best of Lewis.”

But whether he can edge teammate Russell for only the s🙈ixth time in 17 attempts in qualifying remains to be seen.