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Lewis Hamilton says he is “like a broken record” while asking Mercedes’ engineers to steer more toward Red Bull’s development direction.
After the Hungarian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton said he is feeling “like a broken record” as he continues to push Mercedes to go into a development direction he believes to be right.
“We generally have a bigger wing than some of the others, like the Red Bulls for example,” the Briton explained.
“But they [Red Bull] seem to have more downforce from their floor. We have a lot of work to do. I am like a broken record.
“I’ve just gotta keep telling the guys ‘we need to go in that direction’. I would like to see that either with this year’s car or next year.”
As for the start of his race, which saw him drop back from P1 to P4, Lewis explained:
“The start, actually the initial getaway wasn’t the worst I’ve ever had, but it obviously wasn’t as good as Max’s.
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“I had a bit of wheelspin, and then obviously Max was on the inside and he ran me wide, and I got done by the two McLarens.
“So definitely not a great start, kind of reminiscent of 2015 when I fell back from first. Then after that I just didn’t have the pace to keep up with the guys.
“The balance of the car was pretty awful on that first stint. A lot of understeer, to snap oversteer, through corner balance, and I just couldn’t keep up with them.
“But then bit by bit as we got through the next couple of stints, the car started to become much more drivable, and then the last stint obviously was much better.
“If we had the pace we had at the end [earlier], we would have been a little bit better I think through the day,” Hamilton concluded.
