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Lewis Hamilton says he “felt really positive” in Japanese Grand Prix free practice sessions, and adds “great work has been done this past week” by the team.
After the Japanese Grand Prix Free Practice 1 and 2, Lewis Hamilton says the W15 felt the best it has felt so far in 2024.
“It was a great session, a really good session for us,” the Briton said.
“That’s the best the car has felt this year so far, so I felt really positive, and I was really excited because this is a circuit every driver loves to drive.
“In the past couple of years, we’ve had really difficult balance, a really difficult car to drive here, and given the difficult last couple of races we’ve had, great work has been done this past week, and we just seem to have hit the ground [running], with a sweeter spot.”
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Unfortunately rain prevented any meaningful running in FP2, but Lewis is still cautiously optimistic for the rest of the weekend.
“It’s hard to know, but we’ve a better platform, a better baseline to start from. So as long as we don’t make too many changes and mess it up, probably just stay where we are, then hopefully….
“It’s a shame we didn’t get that [second practice] session, but they have changed the tyre rule so therefore no one goes out and runs on the intermediate.
“Which doesn’t make sense really, but there you go,” Hamilton concluded.
