Lewis Hamilton says he is not
enjoying driving his Mercedes after finishing fifth fastest in second practice
for the British Grand Prix.
The Briton, 28, was seven-tenths of a second behind
team-mate Nico Rosberg, who went
quickest at Silverstone.
“I'm not happy with the balance of the car,” said
the 2008 world champion.
“I can’t remember the last time I’ve felt so
uncomfortable. I don’t really know what it is but we’ll work on it and we'll
fix it.”
When Hamilton moved to Mercedes many,
including me, were perplexed, but actually given what has happened at McLaren
this season his choice to leave doesn’t seem all that bad now.
But he’s not exactly developed, in
the sense that last year he finished fourth in the championship and won four
races, this year so far he’s won no races and is fourth in the championship, so
while he hasn’t dropped back he hasn’t moved forward.
And now he’s revealed that he doesn’t
like his new car much, always good to say that on the eve of your home race to
boost your team’s confidence.......
This is a strange announcement when
you consider all of the work that goes into developing an F1 car, and particularly
when you consider how much the drivers are involved in the process and they
even decide on the set up of the car, so I’m not sure who Hamilton is unhappy
with, his mechanics? Himself?
When he first moved Hamilton was very
upbeat and positive about the driving for his new team, but it’s only been about
nine months and he’s already unhappy, bodes well for the rest of the season and
next year.
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