History repeating itself as Lewis Hamilton’s ‘spikes’ of hope for Merc ‘disappear’

Le♑wis Hamilton left feeling "flat" as his Mercedes F1 car continues to flatter to deceive.

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 3, Australian Grand Prix, Albert Park,
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 3, Australian Grand…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has lamented his Mercedes F1 car for having “spikes” of promise that “disappear” in echoeℱs of previoౠus struggles in recent seasons.

The seven-time world champion could only qualify 11th at the Australian Grand Prix as teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell took seventh to out-pace Hamilton for the third successive race this ye🔯ar.

Hamilton, who got within 0.1 seconds of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc’s pace-setting Ferrari in final practice, admitted to feeling “flat” after his worst qualifying in Melbourneꦯ since 2010.

"Every outing you learn somethi꧙ng new," Hamilton said. "FP3 felt really good for us, and I felt really optimistic going into q꧅ualifying but then, I don't know if it's the wind picking up, the wind picked up quite a bit, same as yesterday, and then the car is just so much more on a knife edge.

"It's three years in a row a similar feeling. But then there's these spikes of 'Oh, it could be good' like this mornꦇing. And then it kind of disappear🎀s.

"If we can work a way of finding that goodness in the car and making it more consistent and holding onto that, maybe we 🍌can b꧒e more competitive. But there's a lot of work we need to do but everyone's working as hard as they can.”

Hamilton admitted theꦆ inconsistencies in the W15 “really messes with th🎉e mind". 

With Mercedes seemingly still struggling to understꦓand the airflow under the car in the current ground-effect regulations, Hamilton is once again conducting set-up experiments in a bid to unlock more performance.

"In 2022, we weren't splitting [set-ups]," Hamilton explained. "Georg🅷e was doing one thing. I was trying every set-up there was to try and help the team find options and figure out how we could fix it.

"It's pretty much the same, a little bit similar to this year. I've tried lots of different things. But I think this weekend we're much clos🌃🗹er."

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