Lewis Hamilton reacts to one of his 'worst sessions' after ending Friday practice a lowly 18th.
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 traditionally excelled at.in both sessions on Friday, reported over the radio that something felt “wrong” with his Mercedes car.“massively backfired”“I obviously don’t feel great. We had one of the worst sessions that I’ve had, probably, in a long time,” Hamilton said.“We made some big changes into P2.
“This year 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.“We made changes in Saudi and Bahrain. We are still trying to understand this car further.“We have the team at the factory working on the sim, trying to get more performance out of it.”
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