Lewis Hamilton admitted he isn’t getting as a lot out of Mercedes’ automobile as his group mate after being knocked out within the second spherical of qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.
It’s the third weekend in a row Hamilton has been out-qualified by George Russell.
“I don’t know if I’m coping with that nice,” he advised the official F1 channel. “I imply, much less constant than George.
“George is doing a greater job with our automobile, three qualifyings in a row that he’s out-qualified me. He simply appears to get on rather a lot higher than I do.
“I’m simply making an attempt to maintain my head above water and simply proceed to understand the way it could possibly be manner worse.”
Yesterday Hamilton mentioned he had by no means felt much less assured within the W15 than he does this weekend. He mentioned the automobile felt higher in ultimate observe however grew to become unsettled because the situations modified.
“It felt nice in P3,” he advised Sky. “It was unusual as a result of we had been proper there with these guys and we didn’t actually perceive why.
“However then going into qualifying simply the inconsistency throughout the automobile actually messes with the thoughts. However George did job at this time. It’s what it’s. I simply must try to do a greater job tomorrow.”
He described the automobile’s dealing with as being “on a little bit of a knife-edge.”
“Within the afternoon right here, the wind picks up. It’s the identical as P2: P1 was a bit higher after which when the wind picks up, the automobile turns into much more unstable. This morning was good with the calmer wind after which as quickly because the wind picks up it will get just a little bit secure.
“However the others appear to have the ability to decide their tempo up in qualifying. I’m undecided why it didn’t really feel the identical in qualifying, although we had a lighter gas [load], it felt higher in P3. So it’s not an amazing feeling for everybody on the group, however we’ll simply hold working away.”
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