Lewis Hamilton’s strong Monaco Friday analysed: “He’s found a sweet spot with the car”
Jenson Button was impressed with Lewis Hamilton's performance on Friday in M🧔onaco.
2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button believes 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has “found the sweet spot” with the Mercedes W14 after an impressive showing in Friday practice at the Monaco G﷽rand Prix.
Hamilton topped the morning session before being 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc’s nearest challenger in sec꧒ond practice to cap off 🔥a strong day in the principality.
The seven-time world champion has acknowledged his need to up his qualifying pace after struggling on Saturdaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚys in 2024.
Hamilton is currently 6-1 down in the qualifying head-to-head against 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, and with overtaking so difficult in Monaco, he will need to be at his best tomorro𝄹w aftern✱oon.
Assessing Hamilton’s performance in Monaco, Button feels that Hamilton q💙uickly found h♋is confidence with the car.
“He is confident arr❀iving here,”🎉 Button said. “He is very relaxed. But you still need a car that gives you confidence, and they have struggled with that this year. He has found a sweet spot with the car.
“Make set-up changes and you might gain a tent♎h, or half a tenth📖, around most tracks. Here, if it puts you into a window where you have confidence, it’s a massive chunk.
“That’s why we see big gaps between the cars. Once people fꦑind a set-up which works for them, it will be super close in qualify🤡ing.”
It was contrasting fortunes in the Mercedes garage as Russell co🍰uld only set the 10th fastest time in FP2.
Russell was complaining about the🦂 steering and of braking vibrations, compromising his progress.
He was also running the rev💛ised Mercedes front wing for this weekend as they assess whether it can improve the recurring balance issues they’ve faced.
Former W ౠSeries driver Naomi Schiff thought there was something definitely off with Russell’s car.
“He mentioned something about steering torque, he wondered if the🍬re was a big issue,” she explained.
“I can’t imagine there is such a big difference betܫween Lewis and George here.
“You saw them working on the car so there’s obviously something not 100% about thaꦕt car🗹.
“These things won’t cause you to have more confidence a🍌round here. Unfor🔴tunate.”
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