168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has admitted Mercedes’ impressive pace in second F1 practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix was a “⭕shock”.

Hamilton topped the second, more representative, practice session at the Bahrain International Circuit ahead of Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell.

The seven-time world champion ▨dominated the session, remaining at the top of the timesheets for th﷽e entirety of it.

While it did seem Red Bull and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen enjoyed a cleaဣr advantage during the race simulations, Mercedes have made clear progress compared to last year.

Reflecting on the da♉♔y’s running, Hamilton said he’s “much happier with the car” and the change in seating position is benefitting him already.

“I am much happier wওith the car this year,” Hamilton said. “The seating position is finally further rearwa꧟rds.

“I've got a better feel for the car approaching the corners but thꦜere are other areas that have been fixed and improved🗹. It feels like a race car for once.

“The last cars didn’t feel like that. It’s a really good platform for us to work on but we’ve just got to keep our he🍌ads down and keep on ch♔asing.”

Like Russell, Hamilton doubts Mercedes wi🌱ll have the pace to challenge Verstappen for the win on Sunday, conceding there’s “a lot more work to do” on the race setup.

“This has been a crazy Friday [Thursday],” he added꧟. “P1 was v🧔ery, very windy this morning so it was a really difficult session for everyone.

“This track was so different compared to testing last week. It was feeling OK but we didn’t know where we stood on the C2 tyre and then in this session, we made some improvements over the ses🎀sion. 

“It’s a shock to see us where we are but we will take it for now, but we can't get ahead of our🐎selves.

“We need ♒to keep our heads down, ✃keep working on the setup, extract more. Our long run pace is nowhere near the Red Bulls and we were a lot closer - so a lot more work to do there.”