Lewis Hamilton’s time on the Zandvoort track was cut short due to a “loss of power”, but the Briton hopes to “make up for some of the time” on Saturday.
Lewis Hamilton didn’t have it easy during Friday’s free practice sessions. The first session was heavily shortened due to Sebastian Vettel’s engine problems, while in FP2 Lewis himself experienced issues, when his car experienced a “loss of power”.
After the session the Briton was asked if Mercedes knew what caused the problem.
“Not yet,” said Hamilton.
“I was just in there [the garage], I just lost power, so they just told me to stop, but it’s not the end of the world.
“It’s been a beautiful day in terms of weather, it’s amazing to see the crowd – there’s so many people here – it’s good to see people hyped and the first time we’ve see the full, full energy.
“Not full yet, but we’ll probably see it in the next few days – all the energy the Dutch fans bring. It’s more annoying that we only got like 20 minutes of running with that red flag [in FP1].
“It naturally puts us on the back foot, but Valtteri looked like he had a good session so probably tomorrow we can try and fill in, make up for some of the time, hopefully.”
However, when it comes to the Zandvoort track, Lewis loved it.
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“Ah, man, the track is epic. It’s really fantastic. It brought back so many memories when I first got out there when I was driving here because I didn’t really remember.
“I knew it was great when I was in Formula 3, but it’s crazy in a Formula 1 car. The speed we’re going through Turn 7, yeesh! It’s a real racing circuit!
“It’ll be interesting whether, I don’t think you’re going to be able to overtake here because it’s just high, high-downforce, super-fast corners, which we probably won’t be able to follow through.
“But let’s hope, let’s hope that there’s a good strategy on Sunday,” concluded the seven-time champion.
Lewis’ team-mate Valtteri Bottas had a much better time, as he completed his whole programme without any issues.
“I hope it’s good to watch because its fun in the car, I really enjoyed it,” the Finn said.
“It’s a track with a nice flow. We saw today that there is small margins between teams. So, its will be close.
“We still needed to try the car with low fuel and then the main focus was long runs, to learn how the tyre drops and overheats,” concluded Bottas.