Lewis Hamilton haunted by “bouncing” return: “We can’t get rid of it…”
Lewis Hamilton♊ says "intense bouncing" on his Mercedes F1 c𝔍ar hampered his qualifying in Saudi Arabia.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果: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5最新开奖结果:George Russell, and over eight-tenths adrift of Red Bull’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen, who claimed another dominant pole position.
After qualifying, Hamilton revealed that the bouncing issue which hampered previous Mercedes F1 cars in recent years, ha🌞d returned with the team’s revamped W15.
“It’s similar to pre🦋vious y🦋ears, I would say,” Hamilton told Sky.
“There are so many elements of this car which are better, it’s just we’re being hinꦕder♏ed by the bouncing that we have.
“The bouncing we have through 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, whichꩲ 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 qualജi🦹fying and it disappears.
“But Georꦚge was doing a great job. He’s a lot more comfortable in the car. A bit similar to the last couple of years I would say. But we will keep our heads down and keeping working.
“I got a bit of a better feeling as to where the issue is coming from, so I ✃will try and addres🍎s it with the team.”
When asked what he thinks is causing it, Hamilton, who is leaving Mercedes to join Ferrari next season, replied: “We've tried every set-up change. We can't get rid of it. It's difficult to ex෴plain it.
"We had some bouncing in Bahrain but nowher♋e near as intense as here.
"Tဣhat first sector is super high-speed with a lot of yaw in the car and a lot of lateral load and the bouncing really offsets the car quite a bit.
"If you imagine when the car goes up and down at the back, your bala♊nce shifts forwards and rearwards.
"If you are doing that at 160 or 170mpm, correcting that each time...the others like Max are flat through six, seven and eight 𒈔and the balance is just stable. That's what we are working towards.
"We've g☂ot to fix it. It's three years in a꧋ row. We've got to get on top of it."
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