Mercedes asked for “proof” | Lewis Hamilton trails George Russell 1-5 in qualy runs

"It sounds l♈ike there is, maybe, somewhat of a grip onto what’s goi༒ng on..."

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 on the grid. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 6, Miami Grand Prix, Miami, Florida,
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 on the grid. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 6, Miami…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has beaten 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell just once in six grand pri🐠x qualifying sessions this year.

In Miami this weekend, Hamilto♛n qualified in eighth, one place behind his Mercedes tea♚mmate.

Jenson Button, Hamilt♎on’s former teammate, insists that he won’t be impac🦋ted by being outperformed on a Saturday again by Russell.

“Will it affect him? I don’t think it will affect him, being just behind his teammate,” Button said🥂 on Sky Sports.

“Lewis is in a com🤡fortable place mentally. He knows how good he is. I don’t think he’s got to worry about that.

“And he’s also leaving next year!”

𒉰Butto𒈔n said about Hamilton’s qualifying in Miami: “The reason why he was quicker on the mediums is because, on the softs, it looked like he overheated on one corner.

“That carried around the rest of the lap so🧸 he lost a massive chunk in two corners.

“I still think, if yo𒊎u can look after the soft tyre, it probably was the better tyre.

“But it’s d❀ifficult. You are on edge, the whole time.”

Mercedes asked for 'proof'

Solving the problems that hav♔e plagued them si🌊nce the beginning of 2022 does not seem significantly closer for Mercedes yet.

“What you heard George s🎐ay is that they went one way, trying to solve it,” Danica Patricꦺk assessed.

“And now they’ve swung the other way.

“So it sounds like there is, maybe, somewhat of a grip o♑nto what’s going on.

“But the proof has to be in the results.

“So🧜 far, it’s been at times - late last year, in moments - where they looked very good, an𓆉d competitive again.

“But here we are𓂃, in 2024, and they are struggling.

“Once they can string a few races together, where they are consistently in🍸 the top five, it’s a♐ different story. Then, maybe they have figured it out.”

Butt๊on added: “They aren’t good enough at the moment but thereಞ have been flashes.”

Russell has worryingly pointed out this weekend: “We know that probably some of the changes we’ve made since the e🐠nd of last year perhaps over compensated with some of the development꧟ items we did.

“We have limitations with the car now which is a totalܫly different to what we had this time 12 months ago.”

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