The seven-time world champion was the fastest Mercedes in eighth but was 0.636s off the pace of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso’s benchmark൲ time during second practice at the season-opening Bahrai𒊎n Grand Prix.

Hamilton, who was already 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:resigned to a difficult start to the season, admiඣtted Mercedes are a “long way off” early pacesetters Red Bull a🧜nd Aston Martin.

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“We’re kin⭕d of where we were last year, if not further behind,” Hamilton said. 

“It’s difficult for everybody and it’s really not where anyone in the team wants to be and certainly not where anyone in the 🥃team deserves to be. They work so hard and are so courageous and thoughtful in their process. 

“We’re just on the wrong track. So we have to graft away and find a way to get༒ ourselves on the right track. Right now, we’re a long way off the guys at the front.”

Hamilton also appeared critical of the design of Mercedes’ W14, which has retained the radical ‘zero sidepod’ concept first adopted on the team’s troubled 🌊predecessor.  

“I have to be hopeful,” Hamilton sai🍷d. “There was good prog🃏ress last year but the gap wasn’t as big as it is now. 

“Do I believe we can close the gap at some stage? Yes. But I think it’s quite hard with the 𒊎concept we💃 have.” 

Asked if the long or short tun was more comfortable, Hamilton replied: “Neither. T🍰hey are very, very similar. 

“We are offset in low and high. Red Bull’s long runs were half a second per lap faster. So we have a lot to work 🍌o💛n.” 

Hamilton added: “I got the car to the best place Iᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ can get it, set-up-wise. 

“We will continue to tweak little 💝bits here and there but thဣey will be small bits, here and there - milliseconds, nothing to close the gap of a second. 

"We will𝓀 keep our heads down tonight,🐲 we will go through the data, work and try to progress tomorrow. 

“We have got to find out iꦉf there is any way we ca𝄹n add performance overnight.” 

Teammate168澳洲5最新开奖结果: George Russell, who finished down in 13th, said: “There are a few teams looking strong - Aston Martin are the biggest surprise, they have clearly done a good job over the ꧙winter,” he explained. 

“We need to look over the data last week to this week to see what we learned. We made big changes and we need to see if they🔴 worked.

“The window that the car was set up in. The car feels better but tha♑t doesn’t mean it is faster. We also have a new rear wing - we need to see if it’s operating as we expect.

“Clearly,♛ we want to be higher up the timesheeღt than we are. That is no secret.

“We need more down💝force, more lap time. It’s a new car and we need to reach its full potenti♐al.”