The Mercedes of Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell could only🌊 qualify seventh and eighth as they locked out the fourth row of the grid for Sunday’s race at Japan. 

Hamilton ended up over a second down on pole sitter 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, with most of Mercedes’ deficit coming in ꦅthe first sector. 

The seven-time world champion is certain Mercedes’ issues in the first sector are dir✤ectly related to their car concept, which he says needs to be changed for 2024✱. 

"Yesterday was a bad day. Each weekend we are having, out of the three days there is at least one bad day,” Hamilton said. ♉;

"The balanc♎e didn't feel great yesterday, we did some chang🌃es and good work overnight, and the car has felt generally really nice today. The car has been nice to drive through P3, so I've been feeling much more confident.

"Then in qualifying I was giving it everything but that seven-tenth 🌠deficit we have in sector one, it's all rear-end. Our car has loads of load on the front and not as much as we need on the rear.

"So we're a really long way down on that and for me it's 100 percent clear its [the] concept and we have got to make sure we change th♍at for n𒉰ext year, which hopefully we will.”

“It’s a steep gap that we have to close for next year but you’ve seen what the Astons done coming into this year, so you can make bi𒁏g ste🍒ps. 

“You🎐’ve seen what the McLarens have done this year by going down the Red Bull route, they are n🐼ow ahead of us on a track like this."

Hamilton did manage to put an end to a run of three consecutive qualifying d꧃efeats tꦦo Russell since F1 returned from the summer break. 

"I gave it everything I ﷽could, I was happy with my laps, they were just not that quick compared to others,” he explained. 

“Even though the car is difficult꧟ to drive with the rear-end, it’s still an enjoya✅ble lap. 

“I think I was three and a half ten൩ths up on George and for a track like this, ♉that’s pretty decent. I just hope for a better race tomorrow.”