Lewis Hamilton left questioning if “tough” 0.8s gap to pole is Mercedes’ true speed
Lewis Hamilton has assessed Merce▨des' ongoing competitive str🅘uggles after qualifying in Miami.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton is unsure if the eight-tenth gap to pole position at the F1 Miami Gr🔴and Prix is a true reflection of Mercedes’ꦺ speed.
Mercedes drivers 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell and Hamilton could only take seventh and eighth in qualifyingꦇ in Miami in the team’s latest underwhelming performance.
Both Russell and Hamilton were over eight tenths adrift of Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen but the seven-time world champion thinks Merce𝔉des are being hamperedꦚ by tyre struggles.
Hamilton was a promising third-quickest in Q2 but ended up “nowhere” in the final part ofꦿ qualifying.
"The track temperature was pretty similar the whole way through and the grip of the track felt really good,” H♓amilton said.
"These tyres are so sensitive. Trying to get the tyres to work and deliver the maximum potential throu๊ghout the whole lap ཧis something we struggle with.
"Then we had that glimpse 🌞of hope in Q2 then in Q3 we were nowhere.”
Hamilton suggested Mercedes’ tyre troubles are potentially m♋asking the genuine speed of their W15 challenger.
"Generally, it's been﷽ a much better day,” he added. “We went forwards in the Sprint and t🥀hen Qualifying, getting into Q3 was positive.
"Q3 just wasn't really great but I'm gratef🤡u☂l to get into there.
"For ༺us to be eighth tenths off is tough. We are fighting the Haas and I don't really know if that's the true speed of our car or൩ whether it's the tyres.
"I think there's a lot in these tyr𓃲es that we are struggling to... we have♐ not been able to use them all year."
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