M♎ercedes endured two difficult Friday practice sessions at the British Grand Prix as Hamilton only managed the 1෴5th-fastest time of the day.

It meant Hamilton was over 1.2s off Max 🐎Verstappen’s top pace going in𒈔to tomorrow.

Mercedes would have been encouraged by their 🌊race pace, with Hamilton settinღg some good times on the long runs, however, the handling of the W14 looked tricky all day.

Sch♌iff reacted to Hamilton’s post-race interview after practice, who didn’t believe the British driver’s positive mindset after a difficult day. 

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“I think he was not as happy as he thought he was,” she said. “He🔯 was covering it up nicely. They had a glimmer in their eye i♊n Barcelona and Canada so this, for them, doesn’t feel like good news. 

“The positive was that their long ru♋n pace was decent. Now they have got to🌼 make sure that they get as high up onto the grid. But it looks like quite a fix to make.”

2009 F1 world 𝐆champion Jenson Button is unsure Mercedes will be able to cure the “fundamental issues” that continue to plague them this weekend.

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“They wi🐻ll spend hours on the simulator tonight fine-tuning the car,” he added. “But as he ♌says, when you have car that you do big set-up changes on? And it has the same fundamental issues? It makes it difficult to drive. 

“Especially on a circuit like Silverstone, where there is a lot of wind ꦕand high speed corners. It can make it very twitchy. Hopefully they can sort it because we want to see both drivers from Mercedes competitive.”