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After Spanish Grand Prix FP1&2, Lewis Hamilton says it’s a “struggle” for him to get into the top 10, but he hopes “we’ll do some changes overnight”.
Mercedes had a difficult time in Spanish Grand Prix free practice sessions, with George Russell and Lewis Hamilton finishing FP2 in P8 and P11 respectively.
After the session Lewis was not optimistic about his chances tomorrow in qualifying.
“I think from the pace that I had today, it’s a struggle currently for me to get into the top 10,” the Briton said.
“But hopefully we’ll do some changes overnight. It’s very, very close between us and P5 back to P10, it’s really, really close between us all.
“It’s impressive to see the improvements everyone seems to have made all around us. If you look at [Esteban] Ocon, the Alpines are doing great.
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“The Aston Martin was second, just behind the Red Bull, which is really, really impressive. It’s not going to be easy, that’s for sure.”
Asked how Mercedes’ ‘Monaco’ upgrades felt in Spain, Lewis said:
“It’s okay. Were fighting as hard as we can. I would say it was a difficult P1 and P2, just getting on top of the tyres and the deg. The car feels… The car feels like the car.
“I think the long-run pace didn’t look terrible, we’ve just got to work on trying to figure out how we extract more from a single lap,” Hamilton concluded.
