Lewis Hamilton admits struggle to break into top-10 as he notes F1 rivals' "impressive" improvements

Lewis Hamilton has admitted it will be a struggle to qualify inside the top-10 at the Spanish Grand Prix based on Friday’s F1 practice running. 
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes

Mercedes endured a disappointing Friday in Barcelona despite running their newly-upgraded W14, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell ending FP2 half a second 🧔off the pace in eighth, while Hamilton was a cᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚouple of tenths further back in 11th. 

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The revised Mercedes was slower than the Red B﷽ull, Aston Martin, Ferrar𒀰i and Alpine over a single lap, as well as Nico Hulkenberg’s Haas. 

And Hamilton is bracing f𒈔or a tight battle to just reach the top-10, with the seven-time world champion noting the “impressive” improvements made by Mercedes’ rivals. 

“I think fr🍌om the pace that I had today, it’s a struggle currently for me to get into the top-10,” Hamilt🐬on conceded. 

“But hopefully we’ll do some changes overnight. I🍌t’s very, very close between us and P5 back to P10, it’s really, really close be🌊tween us all. 

“It’s impressive to see the improvements everyone seems to hav🧔e made all around us. If you look at [Esteban] Ocon, the Alpines are doing great. 

“The Aston Martin was second, just behind the Red Bull, whi🌞ch is really, really impressive. It’s not going to be easy, that’s for sure.” 

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 8, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, Spain,
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 8, Spanish Grand…

Asked how Mercedes’ upgraded car felt, Hamilton said: "It’s okay. Wereဣ fig🍬hting as hard as we can. 

“I would say it was�🅰� a difficult P1 and P2, just getting on top of the tyres and the deg. The car feels… The car feels like the car.

“I think the long-run pace didn’t look t𓄧errible, we’ve just got to work on trying to figure out how we extract more from a single lap.” 

Russell, who was the quicker M♉ercedes driver in both practice sessions, said: “A lot of people are bringing updates to the car. 

“We weren’t expecting to suddenly set the world on fire. We just need to learn what♔ we can from the info we’ve got and try to forward tomorrow.”

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