'Neither driver looked happy' - worrying Mercedes verdict in Saudi Arabia
Karun Chandhok giꦏves his verdict on Mercedes following ཧpractice in Saudi Arabia.

Sky Sports F1 pundit Karun Chandhok believes neither 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton or 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell looked particularly happy with the handling of the Mercedes W15 on the first day of running at the Saudi Arabian Grand Pri𓄧x.
Russell ended the more representative second practice session just behind pace-setter 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso, just over 0.2s off.
On the 🌄other hand, Lewis Hamilton struggled more, setti𝓰ng the eighth fastest time.
Hamilton, on a number of occasions, suffered from a loose ꧂rear-end with several 🅘oversteer moments in FP2.
After the ses🍎sion, Hamilton conceded that he doesn’t have “full faith” in the Mercedes W15 ar🐬ound the Saudi Arabian track.
Giving his verdict on Mercedes, Cha𒉰ndhok felt that Hamilton did✨n’t look “as happy” as his teammate.
“Neither driver looked particularly happy with their car balance ღtoday,” Chandhok said.
“Lewis was a couple of tenths shy of George in Bahrain and in the race, four or five seconds behind 🐬in the end.
“He has jus𝔍t not looked as happy as even George has done today. Certainly on the long runs, both were complaining about the rea🍬r end going away and instability at the rear-end which we heard a lot of last year. There’s work to do overnight.”

Former Aston Martin F1 strategist💎 Bernie C🔥ollins suggested one way Mercedes could remedy their current problems.
“I think around here it’s veඣry different,” she added. “This is a confidenജce track - driver confidence. Arguably, you can set up the car a little bit slower than optimum if it gives the driver a little bit more confidence.
“So there’s t🌠hat ba🦩lance to be struck and you need to into a corner reliably, lap on lap.
“You want to know when you hit that first braking zone, that first high-speed corne💞r, so it’s predictable in how it reacts and it doesn’t seem like it there yet.”

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