Lewis Hamilton has given his reaction to driving the Mercedes W15 for the first time in anger during pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit.
The seven-time world champion set the third-fastest time of the day, on the C3 tyre, with his best effort 1.1s off the pace.
Reflecting on his first day in the car, Hamilton described the W15 as “much nicer to drive” compared to its predecessor. "It was a productive day out there," Hamiton said."We gathered lots of learnings about the W15, both in our long running and single lap work."A big thank you to everyone at Brackley and Brixworth for the efforts they've put in to deliver that over the past year. I'm really grateful for all their hard work.”Sergio PerezThe Ferrari-bound driver believes the W15 is a “good foundation to build on” with further progress required ahead of the season-opener.
"We've still got progress to make of course. But this is a good foundation for us to build on,” he added. "We'll keep our heads down and continue to work to find improvements, both over the rest of the test and into next week.Read More
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