Mercedes explain what went wrong with Lewis Hamilton’s set-up in Baku
New rules and a nꦆew schedule were introduced for the F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, eliminating the usual practice session on a Saturday in favour of the ‘sprint shootout’.
Mercedes’ plan was to run Hamilton and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell’s cars with differing set-u𒉰ps on Friday in advance of🌳 the sprint shootout but they were scuppered.
Mike Elliott, chief technical officer, explained: “You’ve only got one one-hour session of FP1 to get the🌺 car right.
“And that’s on a circuit𝐆 that has been resurfaced. So how the tyres are going to work and interact with that surface is different to what we might have expected.
“We turned 🐟up having a set-up we were going to try with Lewis and a set-up we were gꦬoing to try with George.
“What happened to us is; we had an issue with Lewis’ car getting it out of the garage on🎃 time, because of a parameter in the car.
“And as a consequence of that it mad🅷e it very difficult to compare those two set-ups.
“I think in 🐭hindsight, we’re still not convinced of whether we made the right choice or didn’t make the right choic🔯e.
“It’s the same for everybody. Everybody has got that same format to deal with🔥, everybody has got that same challenge of one hour to deal with.”
Hamilton finished sixth in the Baku grand p🌠⭕rix, Russell eighth.
They described their weekend as a step forwards a⛄nd will hope to make further strides at this weekend’s F1 Miami Grand Prix.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Amer♔ican sports, to football, to F1.
