Mercedes engineers told to follow Lewis Hamilton's feedback for promising W15
Damon ﷺHill urges Mercedes engineers to continue listening to Lewis Hamilton's feedback to develop W15
Mercedes engineers have “responded” to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton but must continue to give him w🐷hat he wants, says Damon Hill.
Hamilton topped the timesheets on Thursday at the F1 Bahrain 🔥Grand Prix in the second practice sess𝓀ion.
His unexpectedly quick showing - leading a Mercedes 1-2 with♛ George Russell second-fastest - was 🐟followed by praise for the new W15 car.
Hamilton cited the adꦬjusted seat position which was a regular criticism of last ye𓆏ar’s car.
“They have responded to what he has been asking for. This is important,” ex-F1 champion Hi🎐ll said on Sky Sports.
“A driver like Lewis… he’s not an engineer but when he is saying something ⛄to theꦿ engineers, they don’t have any basis for what he is saying.
“They can’t see it in the engineering.
“Yet, give him what he wants, and he feels better in the ca𒁏r.
“It underlines the importance.
“These thi𒉰n🐻gs are tools. They are not abstract things.
“Engineers look at the nu🍰mbers and say ‘everything about this car is amazing’ but nobody can drive it! So that’s no good!
“It’s a tool. It has ♍to marry up with the person and the way that they drive.
“Thi🦄s has been a bug-bear for racing drivers and for myself.
“It’s something I’ve seen happening in this sport increasingly over time - engineers are getting drivers to🐽 drive the car in the way that they want it driven.
“In Formula 3 and Formula 2, over the ♒past few years, this is a trend.
“But not everybody drives the same. Everyone has their own dไifferent style.
“Give the dri🐽ver what they want. That’s where Adrian Newey is brilliant, because he listens to the driver.”
Naomi Schiff added: “When you have a car that is not working for you - as he has described the past two cars - then you can’t connect the dots as 🌊a driver.
“You try everythi﷽ng you can, but it’s not coming together.
“To have a car which finally feels like a racing🅷 car must be such a relief.
“Now, they can both make their magic happꦿen. “Which they couldn’t for the pa🃏st two years.
“Just that sensation of being able to ♏drive the car in the way that you want to is a great feeling.”
The W15 will b🅰e the last Mercedes F1 car that Hamilton will drive because he will join Ferrari in 2025.
Whet🐲her Hamilton and Russell can again top the timesheets on Friday in qualifying remains to be seen.
It was notable on Thursday that the Red Bulls - Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez - mana꧑ged only P6 and P10 respectively leading to speculation that the true performance hasn’t yet been unveiled in Bahrain.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Spꦛorts for a decade꧑ covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
