Mercedes works night shift to solve Hamilton worries
Lewis Hamilton admitted Friday that he and Mercedes are hunting for an overnight solution to their performance problems ahead of Saturday’s (Sunday in Manila) critical qualifying session for the Hungarian Grand Prix.
The championship- leading Briton, whose team-mate Valtteri
to drive”, said the team needed changes to make”.
second practice led by title rival Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari on Friday.
“The Ferraris and the Red Bulls were quite quick and had a little bit more pace than us, so we’ve got some work to do tonight,” said Hamilton, who has won a record
“This is a tricky circuit and the tyres are overheating -- looking after the rear tyres is the biggest issue.
“The temperatures today and the layout of the track — corner after corner after corner — made it really tricky for the tyres as there’s no time for them to cool down.
“We will do our debrief and dig
changes we make — I hope we’re that tomorrow is dry, so we can test whatever changes we make.”
Bottas said: “It was not an easy
and I struggled to get laps together.
need to have a well-balanced car in order to get all the corners right and we need to get the car more stable.
so track position is very important and the less stops you can do is always going to be better. Red Bull and Ferrari are as quick as expected — it’s going to be very close.”