‘An awful feeling as a driver’ - Lewis Hamilton’s W15 qualifying woes examined
Lewis Hamil⛎ton's ongo▨ing F1 qualifying struggles compared to Mercedes teammate George Russell have been analysed.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s recent qualifying struggles have been analysed by former F1 driver-turned-pundit Karun Chandhok.
The sevenಌ-time world champion suffered a shock elimination in the second part of qualifying at the Australian Grand Prix and could only set a time good enough for 11th on the grid.
The result marked Hamilton’s worst qualifying performance in Melbourne since 2010. It was also the third weekend in a row that he has been out-paced by Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, who was seventh.
After the session, a frustrated Hamilton admitted the inc𝐆onsistency of Mercedes’ W15 car “messes with the mind✅”.
"It almost seems corner to corner in some ways,” Chandhok said during Sky’s coverage of qualify⛄ing.
"There are some parts when it l𒈔ooks like Lewis has got the balance and grip underneath him then the next time he gets there, it goes away. That's an awful feeling as a꧙ driver.
"When you're going down the s🌃traight and get onto the brakes, you want to know how your car is going to react and when you turn the wheel what are the feelings you get in terms of how your car moves.
"If you've got ꦓany hesitation in terms of predictin🌼g how that movement is going to go, immediately you back off a bit and brake earlier or carry a bit less speed, then you start to bleed lap time.
"That's what he'𝓰s going through now. He's not able to clearly know what's going to happen. Unfortunately, that's the cycle there are in at the moment.”
Fellow Sky F1 pundꦯit Naomi Schiff said Mercedes’ underwhelming competitiveness over a single l♉ap is hard to understand.
"It's not just messing with his mind but our minds as wellꦏ,” Schiff said.
“On Friday, they were off the pace then in final practice they got out on track and were really quick, so for him to drop out in Q2, it♓'s just kind of 'what's going on?’
"It's been inconsistent for a long time. It's fr🌞ustrating for them to come out with the same statements aꩲbout what's wrong with the car.
"They've got to fight through tomorrow. They h𒀰ave shown Sundays still seem to be where the c﷽ar comes to life a bit more and maximise on Sunday, so hopefully he can come through."
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