Lewis Hamilton admits he feels "lost" with his Mercedes F1 car after a difficult first day of running at the Singapore Grand Prix.
Hamilton was unhappy with his car’s balance and handling throughout FP2 and was regularly heard complaining of a lack of grip.
Despite “trying everything” with set-up changes, Hamilton admitted nothing made a difference to his W15.“A very challenging day. We tried everything set-up wise and nothing seems to work with the set-up. Definitely very challenging, we really have given it everything and then you find out you are a second off.
“I think ultimately just a little bit lost and we’re not really sure where to put the car. We tried a lot and achieved the same thing.” Asked where he feels Mercedes can realistically be in qualifying, Hamilton replied: “At the moment I won’t be going into Q3.”also struggled on his way to seventh, before ending the session in the barriers at Turn 8 after locking his front right wheel.“We need to understand why that is. I’m sure we’ll find some answers tonight. We made some big changes from FP1 into FP2 but the car is just not feeling that well connected as it was this time 12 months ago and as it was in recent races.
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