Following practice at Spa-Francorchamps, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell expressed dissatisfaction with their W15 vehicles, despite Mercedes having won two of the previous three Formula 1 races.
Lewis Hamilton is hoping for an open sky during qualifying after stating that his Mercedes felt “completely different” during the Belgian Grand Prix’s practice.
The Silver Arrows have had a terrific few weeks after making significant progress to once again challenge the elite teams. The high point occurred at Silverstone when Hamilton won his first race in 945 days after they locked out the front row with George Russell on pole.
The seven-time Formula One champion finished on the podium in Hungary the previous weekend as well, but at the end of Friday’s Formula Two, he was over a second slower than leader Lando Norris. He was obviously really concerned about how big that gap was and about how his W15 had seemed like it was on track.
“It was a pretty bad day,” he remarked. Really, I have no idea what to say. It has obviously felt fantastic during the last few races. That feels like a whole new thing now. We worked on it, and while the first session wasn’t terrific, the second session went really well once we made some adjustments.
We had a lot of balance problems the entire lap, and after I hit the soft tire, I was unable to get much better. But this session was better. All others, however, fared even better.
Therefore, it is not good to be 1.2 seconds behind.” Hamilton once again demonstrated his skill in the wet during his masterclass at Silverstone, despite the unpredictable weather. With showers moving across the Ardennes Forest, the British player may just get his wish for more rainy conditions d”We’re not going to be in the greatest of places right now if it’s dry,” he continued. However, we can definitely make some modifications over night. Rain, in my opinion, opens things up a little bit, so maybe we can perform better. The automobile ought to perform better in the rain than it does in the dry, in my opinion.uring qualification.
“We’re not going to be in the greatest of places right now if it’s dry,” he continued. However, we can definitely make some modifications over night. Rain, in my opinion, opens things up a little bit, so maybe we can perform better. The automobile ought to perform better in the rain than it does in the dry, in my opinion.
Russell, a teammate, expressed dissatisfaction with the way his W15 felt as well and mentioned three cars that, in his opinion, are now moving faster on this track. “We’ve got some work to do overnight to find some lap time,” he stated.
“Today, it seemed like the McLarens and Max Verstappen’s Red Bull were one step ahead of us. To potentially find some gains and come closer to them, we will have to sift through the data and work hard in the Brackley simulator. Sure, we can accomplish that.
“If we succeed, tomorrow will undoubtedly be a completely different day. Rain is also predicted for tomorrow, which will introduce another element into the equation. We want to continue our recent trend of having strong Fridays followed by the others catching up by Saturday.
