Lewis Hamilton ‘covering up’ frustration over lack of pace | Mercedes have ‘quite a fix to make’
Mercedes endured two difficult Friday practice sessions at the British Grand Prix as Hamilton only manage𝓰d the 15th-fastest time of the day.
It meant Hamilton was over 1.2s off Max❀ Vers🔯tappen’s top pace going into tomorrow.
Merce♒des would have been encouraged by their race pace, with Ham🦩ilton setting some good times on the long runs, however, the handling of the W14 looked tricky all day.
Schiff reacted to Hamilton’s post-race interview after practice, who didn’t believe the British dr♈iver’s positive mindset after a diffiꦍcult day.
“I think he was not as happy as he thought he was,” she said. “He was covering it up nicely. T♏hey had a glimmer in their eye in Barcelona and Canada so this, for them, doesn’t feel like good news.
“The positive was that their long run pace was decent. Now they have got to make sure that they get as 🥀high up onto the grid. But it looks like quite a fix to make.”
2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button is unsure Mercedes w꧟ill be able to cure the “fundamenta💞l issues” that continue to plague them this weekend.
“They will spend hours on the simulator tonight fine-tuning the car,” he added🌳. “But as he says, when you have car that you do big set-up changes on? And it has t🌄he same fundamental issues? It makes it difficult to drive.
“Especially o☂n a circuit like Silverstone, where there is a lot of wind and high speed corners. It can make it very twitchy. Hopefully they can sort it because we want to see bꩲoth drivers from Mercedes competitive.”
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