Since reaching Formula 1, Lewis Hamilton has become accustomed to being a star star of the season. Rarely did his car stop him from fighting but the profound modification of the regulations for 2022 put him in check. The Briton started the year with worrying results but even more alarming are his statements about the perceptions of the vehicle.
“Nothing we change in the car makes a difference right now. That's what's hard. You are being optimistic, you make changes and then it seems that he does not want to improve,” the 37-year-old acknowledged to the media after a day of testing that again marked setbacks for him. Lewis finished 7th in practice 1 and 13th in P2 during the opening hours of the Australian GP.
Hamilton is coming in 10th position in the Saudi Arabian GP after starting from the bottom of the grid as he did not pass the first phase of ranking for the first time in five years. Previously, he had climbed to the third step of the podium at the Bahrain GP but thanks to a series of dropouts at the top of the track.
“We made some changes when moving to P2. P1 was better and P2 ended up being a little harder for me. So I don't know, it's just a complicated car. There's not much we can do. That's the way things are. So, we just have to drive with that. That's the frustrating thing: you're trying to push, you're trying to reach and even when you make a decent lap, it's 1.2 seconds down. So it's hard,” he acknowledged.
He is not the only one who shares this vision of the car as his teammate, George Russell, was also critical: “We are definitely quite bad. It's probably the most serious thing I've ever experienced, but I think it's something we have to deal with at the moment, as we think it's the fastest way on the track. But maybe it's not...”
“We are far behind Ferrari and Red Bull,” Russell accepted. “We need to close that gap, but there is nothing substantial this weekend that does. It's going to take time and I think we need to be disciplined and patient because we're way behind and because of the cost cap, we can't afford to throw things away and trial and error on race weekends. We need to trust the process and bring the updates when we have total faith and confidence that they will do what we expect. So it's going to be several races before we start seeing that,” he added.
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