An extremely downbeat 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton admitted he is “the least confident” he has felt with Mercedes’ 2024 F1 car after a 🧜difficult start at the Australian Grand𒁃 Prix.

The seven-time world champion placed only 🌟18th fastest in second practice as he struggled for pace on both qualifying and race simulations around a Melbourne circuit he has tradi🐲tionally excelled at.

Hamilton, who finished FP2 over 1.5 seconds off the pace and trailed teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell in both sessions on Friday, reported over the radio that something felt🐎 “w🌊rong” with his Mercedes car.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff revealed Hamilton had conducted a series of set-up experiments in FP2 which 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:“massively backfired”.

“I obviously donꦰ’t feel great. We had one of the worst sessions that I’ve had, probably, in♈ a long time,” Hamilton said.

“P1 felt good. The car, in Run 1, felt the best that it has ever f🧸elt. But it got worse and worse.

“We made some big changes into P🐬2. It was tough… After that session, I feel the least confident that I have ever felt with this car.

“But 𒉰there are positives from the P1 run that we did.”

Having enjoyed a smoother day than Hamilton, Russell said: “We were pushing the limits and had a few little moments, here and there. But all under control, in t🐟he end.

“It seemed pretty tight out there in the🌊 first session꧃, a few tenths splitting 10 cars.

“FP2 was more spread out. I was on course for a good lap,🐲 at the end, but had a small problem in the last few corners. 

“This y🃏ear with soft tyres, it will be difficult in the race. It was an easy one-stop in previous years. Seemingly, so far, that will not be the way. 

“I felt pretty comfortable o♉ut there from the beginning.

🎃“We made changes in Saudi and Bahrain. We are still trying to understand this car further.

“Eve♏ry lap is valuable. You learn more and more about 🦋it, trying to get it into the sweet spot.

“We have the team at the factory working on the sim, trying to ♋get more performance out of it.”