Lewis Hamilton’s strong Monaco Friday analysed: “He’s found a sweet spot with the car”
♓Jenson 𒁏Button was impressed with Lewis Hamilton's performance on Friday in Monaco.
2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button believes 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton has🐠 “foun🀅d the sweet spot” with the Mercedes W14 after an impressive showing in Friday practice at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Hamilton topped the morning session before being 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc’s nearest ch𓆏allenger in second practice to cap off a strong day 🤡in the principality.
The seven-time world c🌠hampionಞ has acknowledged his need to up his qualifying pace after struggling on Saturdays in 2024.
Hamilton is currently 6-1 down in the qualifying head-to-head against 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell💧, and with overtaking so difficult in Monaco, he will need t♓o be at his best tomorrow afternoon.
Assessi🅘ng Hamilton’s performance in Monaco, Button feels that Hamilton quickly found his confidence with the car.
“He is confident arriving here,” Buttonꦆ said. “He is very relaxed. But you still need a car that gives you confidence, and they have struggled with that this year. He has found a sweet spot with the car.
“Make set-up changes and you might gain a tenth, or half a tenth, a🍌round most tracks. Here, if it puts you into a window where you have confidence, it’s a massive chunk.
“That’s why we see big gaps between the cars. Once people find a 🧔set-up which works for them, it will be super cl🅰ose in qualifying.”
It was contrasting fortunes in the Mercedes garage as Russell could only set the 10th fastest time in F🔜P2.
Russell was complaining ღabout the steering and of braking vibrations, compromising his progress.
He was also running the revised 𒉰Mercedes front wing for this weekend as they assess whether it 🎃can improve the recurring balance issues they’ve faced.
Former W Series driver Naomi Schiff thoꦏught there was something♚ definitely off with Russell’s car.
“He♏ mentioned something about steering torque, he wondered if there was a big issue,” she explained.
“I can’t imagine t🧔here is such a big differ💖ence between Lewis and George here.
“You saw them working on the🤡 car s💜o there’s obviously something not 100% about that car.
“These things won’t cause you to have more confide🧔nce around here. Unfor✅tunate.”
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