Lewis is at his second Dash occasion of the season and arrives after his win in China:
“That was the one time we didn’t make adjustments to the bottom setup after the free follow session, whereas we often make many changes. What’s not working? Numerous various things, however I’m working onerous to adapt to this case.”
Making an attempt to interrupt via Hamilton’s media armor is almost inconceivable. Within the media actions he attended forward of the Miami Grand Prix, he appeared very distant from the Lewis seen at the beginning of the season—temporary, curt solutions, the everyday tone of somebody who’d slightly be anyplace else.
Comprehensible, as we’re speaking about probably the most profitable driver in Formulation 1 historical past being requested questions often posed to rookies. One factor is obvious: the motivation is there, and it appears so sturdy that he can not settle for the present scenario he’s been coping with in latest weeks.
“I don’t care concerning the opinions of people that don’t know what’s actually occurring, individuals who’ve by no means been in my place. I hold my head down and admire the work I’m doing with the individuals round me.”
“What’s not working? Many issues, many alternative issues. There isn’t only one. Once I first joined Mercedes, the primary six months have been powerful as a result of I needed to get used to working with new individuals. The engineers I work with now are used to establishing a automotive for a special driver and a special driving type, whereas I’m used to driving a automotive that requires a special strategy. So it’s a mix of loads of issues, however I’m positively working onerous to adapt to the scenario.”
Lewis returns to Miami and the dash format—the one which gave him his first victory in purple in Shanghai.
“Earlier than the Dash race, you may’t make many adjustments (to the bottom setup). In China, going from FP1 to qualifying, we didn’t make many adjustments, perhaps none, whereas on all the opposite weekends we stored altering the automotive, making it worse.”
“How will this weekend go? I don’t know, we’ll do our greatest. We don’t have any updates, however we’re nonetheless attempting to optimize the automotive, and we’ve labored onerous on the simulator. Charles did a terrific job within the final race and confirmed what the automotive is able to—our aim is to try to replicate that.”
Lewis Hamilton discovered his smile once more answering a selected query about his first few weeks in Italy.
“I prefer it. I attempt to keep away from pizza and pasta, however truthfully with little success—final week I ate three pizzas in two days. I’ve a ‘contact’, I textual content him on the finish of the day and say, ‘Hey, can I get a pizza?’, and it at all times arrives.”
“Proper now, I’m not dwelling a lot in Italy, but it surely’s one thing I need to strive in the course of the 12 months. My Italian isn’t progressing a lot, so I’ll have to work tougher. However going again to the workforce, I’ve to say an enormous quantity of labor was completed from my first days on the manufacturing facility to repair some issues, like within the simulator, and everybody has been very useful and supportive. I’ve actually appreciated that.”
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