Lewis Hamilton admitted it was a shock to finish the first day of the F1 season at the top of the timesheet as Mercedes showed surprising pace in Bahrain GP practice.
Lewis Hamilton admitted it was a shock to finish the first day of the 2024 Formula 1 season at the top of the timesheet as Mercedes showed surprising pace in Bahrain Grand Prix practice. Most had expected Red Bull's Max Verstappen to dominate Thursday's second session, which took place in the same evening conditions as qualifying and Saturday's race will, but Hamilton led a one-two from Mercedes team-mate Russell.
I think he's still got a healthy margin to the others rather than a ridiculous margin to the others. So by no means does this mean we're back, or we can fight with them just yet, but a really, really solid day.' Hamilton has 'idea' to improve race pace Hamilton is not giving up hope of further reducing Red Bull's long-run advantage, but is wary that changing the set-up of the W15 could impact one-lap performance.
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