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Lewis Hamilton says being “in the middle of the Red Bulls” provides Mercedes with an opportunity to “really apply pressure” at the French Grand Prix.
Although Max Verstappen snatched pole at the French Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas managed to qualify between the two Red Bull drivers.
Hamilton is looking forward to the opportunities this situation will provide in the race.
“I’m not nervous for the race, just because it wasn’t great yesterday, wasn’t great this morning and then in quali it was much, much better,” said the Briton.
“I think it will be good tomorrow. Generally yesterday they were quicker than us on the long runs so it’s going to be a challenge to follow.
“But you know, there’s lots of opportunities tomorrow hopefully.”
Lewis adds that Mercedes is going to examine why Red Bull seems to be faster on the straights and look for ways to improve their car ahead of the race.
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“I didn’t really know what to expect this weekend,” explained the Briton.
“We’ve been up in the top five, top four all weekend – but it hasn’t felt great – but it obviously must feel worse further back.
“We knew that the Red Bulls, of course it seems they’re just strong everywhere. Street circuits, doesn’t seem to matter where they go, they’re very strong and we’ve got some areas we just need to improve.
“Obviously today I heard that we’re losing out mostly on the straights, so we’ll try to figure-out what that is but yeah, as I said, it’s great that we are second and third.
“It puts us in the middle of the Red Bulls, it gives us a chance to really apply pressure tomorrow – but it’s just as close as ever before.
“Maybe they seem to have eeked a little bit further forwards than we were perhaps in Barcelona,” concluded the seven-time champion.
