Lewis Hamilton finally upbeat about W15 but doesn’t want to ‘f it up’ with changes
Lewis Hamilton is upbeat about Mercedes' W15 after an enc🥀ouraging start at the Japanese Grand Prix.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has hailed opening practice at the Japanese Grand Prix as the “best session” Mercedes have had so far during the 2024 F1 season.
After enduring a difficult opening three races, Mercedes enjoyed a positive showing at Suzuka as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell and Hamilton finished fourth and fifth inღ a dry first practice.
Hamilton then finished second-fastest 🥂in a rain-hit FP2 but lap times were largely unrepresentative in a session that saw very limited running.
The seven-time world champion said it was “the best the car has felt” this season and is confident Mercedes have star🐽ted the weekend with a strong baseline.
“It was a great, a really good session for us. It was the best session that we’ve had this year. It’s the best the car has felt so far, so it felt reall𓂃y positive,”ꦆ Hamilton said.
“I was really excited because this is a circuit that every driver loves to drive. In the last couple of years we’ve had a really difficult car and balance to drive he📖re.
“And given the difficult last few🐭 races we’ve had, great work has been done this past w🌼eek and we just seem to have hit the ground a bit more in a sweeter spot. So I haven’t really made any changes since.”
Hamilton is wary about making too many changes𓆏 heading into qual♛ifying.
“I think we’ve got a better baseline to start from, so as long as we don’t make too many changes and f it 🌳up,” he added. “I think probably just stay where w🌸e are.”
Teammate Russell echoed Hamilton’s early optimism, saying Mercedes “definitely performed bette🐼r than expected” on Friday.
“That was a pleasant surprise,” Russell explained﷽. “The car was feeling really nice to drive and Lewis and I were really happy with the balance.
“It has been per𒁏forming better when it’s slightly colder, but we’ve been doing a lot of🥃 test items to try and make that car a little more consistent when conditions are variable. So time will tell.
“FP2 was definitely a miss for everybody as we had some interesting things to try but that’s the nature of F1 som♛etimes.”
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