Lewis Hamilton haunted by “bouncing” return: “We can’t get rid of it…”
Lewis Hamilton says "intense bouncing" on his Mercedes F1 car hampe𒆙red his qualifying in Saudi Arabia.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has called on Mercedes to fix the “intense bouncing” that he says plagued his F1 car during Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying.
The seven-time world champion struggled throughout qualifying in Jeddah on his way to a disappointing P8, one place behind Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, and over eight-tenths adrift of Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, who claimed another dominant pole position.
After qualifying, Hamilton re𒐪vealed that the bouncing issue which hampered previous Mercedes F1🐼 cars in recent years, had returned with the team’s revamped W15.
“It’s similar to previous꧟ years, I would say,” Hamiಌlton told Sky.
“There ꧑ar▨e so many elements of this car which are better, it’s just we’re being hindered by the bouncing that we have.
“The bouncing we have thro🅰ugh 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, which I think probably effected George. It’s something they’ve not🎃 been able to fix.
“We made꧟ some changes overnight and this morning the car felt so much better, I was regaining this confidence again and then we get to qualifying and it disappears.
“But George was doing a great job. He’s a lot more comfortable in the car. A bit similar to t♌he last couple of years I would say. But we will keep our heads down and keeping work🥃ing.
“I got a bit of a better feeli🎉ng as to where the issue is coming from, so I will try and address it 🅺with the team.”
When asked what he thinks is causing it, Hamilton, who is leaving Mercedes to join Ferrari next season, rep🥃lied: “We've tried every set-up change. We can't get rid of it. It's difficult to explain it.
"We ha🥂d some bouncing in Bahrain but nowhere near as intense as he꧂re.
"That first s꧙ector is super high-speed with a lot of yaw in the car and a lot of lateral lo🍌ad and the bouncing really offsets the car quite a bit.
"If you imagine when the car goes up and down at the back, your balance shifts forwards and rearwar🍸ds.
"If you are doing that at 160 or 170mpm, correcting that each time...the others like M🔯ax are flat through six, seven and eight and the balance is just stable. That's what we are working towards.
"We've got to꧒ fix it. It's three years in a row. We've got to get on to🐬p of it."
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