168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has been defended for lagging behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc and cutting a frustrated figure in practice for the F1 Australian Grand Prix.

Leclerc topped the timesheet in ꦉAusဣtralia on Friday, while Hamilton was fifth behind both McLarens and Yuki Tsunoda.

Martin Brundle als♊o noted that Hamilton kept his crash helmet on when he exited his car, wondering if it was a sign of annoyance at his performance.

“I🎀’m star෴ting to think more about it,” Sky Sports’ Naomi Schiff said about Hamilton wearing his helmet outside of the car.

“Looking around🔴 this paddock, there are a lot of people.

“It can be a driver’s defence mechanism to get through 🐈this paddock without stopping for selfies, to just keep their heads down.”

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Schiff also noted that Hamilton’s competitiveness gradually increased throughout Friday, his first F1 practice sessioꩲn since lea൲ving Mercedes for Ferrari.

“Lewis seems to be closing the gap ⛎to Charles,” she sa🥀id.

Schiff insisted that Hamilton drove more confi💫dently in FP2: “Definitely. It felt more like the car was on rails. He’s building into it.

“There is a lot that goes into a weekend despite how m🌃u𝕴ch experience he has.

“There is still so much to take into consideration with a different team, and a ne꧃w engineer.

“You don’t want to put tꦏhe car in the wall, and that can happen around here.

“He is adapt🧸ing to the car and the team, all at once.”

Sandbagging in F1 Australian GP practice?

The Ferraris, the Mc𒁃Larens and intriguingly the Racing Bulls were the six fastest cars in practice for the💙 F1 Australian Grand Prix.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was seventh, his teammate Li🐻am Lawson languished in 17th. Mercedes’ George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli were 10th and 16th respectively.

But S꧒chiff insists that Friday’s pecking order could change on Saturday.

“I⛦ don’t know how much we can 🌼read into the performances just yet,” she insisted.

“𝄹Ultimately, qualifying is where we’ll find out where everyone truly stands.

“[McLaren’s] long run pace was quicker. It’s not just about how🦂 easy it is to drive over a 🔯race distance. They also need to put a lap together in qualifying, and their car hasn’t proven that it’s the easiest.

“Ferrari𒐪 are definitely a candidate. You can’t count many out yet.

It’s still early doors, the track will keep evo💦lving, they are still dialling their cars in.

“They might all be keeping 🍸a littl🦋e bit up their sleeves…

“There are so m♔any teams in the top ꦑ10 and it’s so tight.”