‘An awful feeling as a driver’ - Lewis Hamilton’s W15 qualifying woes examined
Lewis Hamilton's ongoing F1 qualifying struggles compared to Mercedes teammate George Russell ha♉ve been analysed.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s recent qualifying struggles have been analysed by former F1 driver-turned-pundit Karun Chandhok.
The seven-time world champion suffered a shock elimination i🐻n th🌟e second part of qualifying at the Australian Grand Prix and could only set a time good enough for 11th on the grid.
The result marked Hamilton’s worst qualifying performance in Melbourne since 2010. It was also the third weekend in a row that he has been out-paced by Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, who was seventh.
After the session, a frustrated Hamilton admitted the inconsistency of Me𝐆rcedes’ W15 car “messes with the mind”.
"It almost seems corner to corner in some ways,” Chandhoꦛk said during Sky’s coverage o𝔉f qualifying.
"There are some parts when it looks like Lewis has got the balance and grip underneath him then the next time he gets there, it goes away. That's anℱ awful feeling as a driver.
"When you're goi🍬ng down the straight and get onto the brakes, you want to know how your car is going to react and when you turn the wheel what are the feelings you ꧂get in terms of how your car moves.
"If you've got any hesitation in terms of predicting how that movement is going to go, immediately you back off a bit and brake earlier or carry a bit less speed, then you start to bleed lap ti🥀me.
"That's what he's going through now. He's not able to clearly know what's going to happen. Unfortunately, that's the cycle there are in at the mo🦩ment.”
Fe𒉰llow Sky F1 pundit Naomi Schiff said Mercedes’ underwhelming competitiveness over a single lap is hard to und𝔍erstand.
"It's not just messi𝓡ng♎ with his mind but our minds as well,” Schiff said.
“On Friday, they were off the pace then in final practice they got out🍌 on track and were really quick, so for him to drop out in Q2, it's just kind of 'what's going on?’
"It's been inconsistent for a long time. It's frustrating for them to come out with the same statements about what's w🎀rong 🦩with the car.
"They've got to fight through tomorrow. They ha🦩ve shown Sundays still seem to be where the car comes to life a bit more and maximise on Sunday, so hopefully he can come through."
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