‘Double knock-on effect’ of Mercedes' latest F1 upgrade has renewed Lewis Hamilton’s confidence
Mercedes brought their last major upgrade of the year to last weekend’🧸s United States Gra𒈔nd Prix in the shape of a modified floor, which the seven-time world champion says has transformed the balance of their 2023 challenger.
Hamilton finished just two seconds behind 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen’s Red Bull in what was Mercedes’ best race of a difficult🍬 season, but was later disqualified after excessive plank wea🅺r was discovered on his car.
“I’ve felt great from lap one on Friday and had a good recovery week and I felt solid in🍃 the car,” Hamilton said, prior to his disqualification.
“And this i𓃲s the first weekend that I’ve really felt the upgrades work. So I f♐elt really positive, and incredibly grateful.
“I know how hard everyone’s 🤪workinܫg back to the factory so it’s nice to finally start to see the rewards of the hard work and to feel it in the car as well.
“I think this is definitely the most positive I’ve felt this year but in general✤ it’s been not a terrible year.
“But yeah, just knowing the work that’s happening, I’m in constant cܫontact with head of aero and the team back. I just feel like everyone’s really on their toes and really ready to go.
“There’s lots of things that🐼 we can improve on in terms of the processes and all of us, but I’m excited.
“I definitely believe that𒁃 we’re going in the right direction.”
Hamilton added: “I think the step that we were able to take this weekend has given me a littleꦓ bit more confidence in the car to throw it into the corner so it was positive. I really enjoyed driving around this track.
“There are still those fundamental issues that we’re having w꧂ith the car, which won’t change t𒅌ill next year.
“But it was really positive, as I said, to feel that the༺ steps that we have taken. Maybe it was only a 0.1 upgrade for example, ꧒but there was at least a 0.1 of confidence that it gave me so this helped me.
“So it’s quite interesting what you see when you do have those, it’🐻s like a double knock-on effect.”
When asked if he feels a wꩲin is possible before the end of theꦏ season, Hamilton replied: “Yeah definitely.”
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