Lewis Hamilton admits Mercedes need the forecast rain to arrive for qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps after a difficult Friday.
Lewis Hamilton admits Mercedes could do with the forecast rain arriving at Spa-Francorchamps for qualifying on Saturday after what he described as 'a pretty bad' first day at the Belgian Grand Prix. Despite the much-improved W15 being equipped with a fresh round of updates on Friday at Spa-Francorchamps, Mercedes finished one second behind pacesetters McLaren around F1's longest lap at the end of second practice.
'If it rains then that opens it up a little bit and hopefully we can do a better job. I think the car should be better in the wet than it is in the dry.' Russell hopes to turn tables on rivals over weekendRussell admitted McLaren and Red Bull - as was the case at the Hungaroring last week - remain the teams to beat, although he also intriguingly suggested the former may have been running in their highest-power engine mode compared to others.
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