Lewis Hamilton admits Mercedes F1 car “felt completely different” in Belgian GP practice

"Obviously it’s been feeling great the past couple of raceဣs, and it just felt completely different today."

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa Francorchamps,
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has revealed his Mercedes F1 car “felt completely di🌠fferen♋t” in Friday practice for the Belgian Grand Prix.

Hamilton only managed the 10th-fastest team in second practice at Spa-Francorchamps, over 1.2s off the pace set by McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris.

Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell fared slightly b𒀰etter, setting the sixth-best time of the day.

𓂃Mercedes were confident going into t﷽he weekend that Spa would suit their car.

The track layout tends to favour a♛ero efficiency and s𓃲traight-line speed - and given their performance at Silverstone - Mercedes were expecting to be on the pace.

So far at least, it’s not bee🎉n comfortable for the seven-time world champion.

“Yeah. I don’t really know what to say,” Hamilton sai🥃d. “Obviously it’s been feeling great the past couple of races, and it just felt completely different 🐲today. 

“So, we worked on it. The first session was not great. But th🍬en in the second session, we made some changes.

“It started off great, and﷽ then when I got to the soft tire, I just couldn’t improve, and there were a bunch of balance issues. It was better in this session, but everyone else went even better.﷽ So to be 1.2 seconds behind is not great.”

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa Francorchamps,
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand…

The weather forecast in Belgium is volatilꦇe with rain expected on Saturday for qualifying, although Sunday’s 💞race is expected to be dry.

Hamilton belie🌃ves Mercedes are likely to be more competitive if it rains.

He qualified second in sprin🧔t qualifying in China which was wet, while his 🅘only win of the year was in changeable conditions.

“If it’s dry, then we🦄’re not, at the moment, going tﷺo be in the best of places,” he added.

“But overnight we c💙an make some changes for sure. I think if it rains, that opens it up a little bit.

“Hopefully we can do a better job. I think the car shou🅠ld be better in🦹 the wet than it is in the dry.”

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