The Mercedes driver was ninth quickest in a heavily-delayed and extended second ꦓpractice but said he enjoyed his first outing around the high-speed street circuit. 

“It’s incredibly fast and so much fun. I’m so glad we gotܫ to run again,” the seven-time world champion said. 

“Not great in P1, with what happened, but th🦹ey did a great job to fix it.” 

Hamilton added: “You are sliding throug꧑h the high-speed corners but also the low-speed corners. 

“You don’t have a huge 𓂃amount of load, because you need the straight-line speed. And the temperatures are hav💞ing a big effect on it.

"It’s massively challenging. 🅷Even though they’ve got the long straights, there aren’t a lot of places to overtake because the grip is so low.

“♊And the tow is not huge, a bit like Monza when you’re behind people because you’ve got the small wing, there’s not a lot of drag. 

“It will be interesting. Qualifying positi🤪on will be really important, and degradation will be key.” 

Mercedes teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell,🎃 who ended up 12th in FP2, echoed Hamilton’s verdict. 

𝓰“It was♏ good to finally get going after quite a long day,” Russell said. 

“Good to get out there, a ve🍨ry fast circuit. Highest top speed of the year, probably.

“Obviously racing at night is pretty sp🌳ectacular.” 

Russell likened the first few exploratory laps to “driving around on ice” due💃 to the low grip levels. 

“The track is evolving with every lap,” he explained. “The first laps you did, you ar൲e driving around on 𒈔ice. 

“No grip, you can visibility see the dirt and dust. Every lap, you are learning. You are going faster, the track is fa⭕ster, your brake point is changing. 

“It’s tricky when you are going 230mph into both braking zones, picking the ♒braking point with very little downforce on 🔥the car. It was good fun.”