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After Hungarian Grand Prix FP1&2, Lewis Hamilton says last year the car “felt terrible at the beginning but we turned it around with some setup changes”.
After finishing Hungarian Grand Prix FP2 in P16, Lewis Hamilton said his car did not feel very good.
“No, it wasn’t feeling good at all,” the Briton said.
“It was feeling like the car at its worst today. We will work on the setup tonight. Last year it felt terrible at the beginning but we turned it around with some setup changes.
“We will work on it tonight and hopefully tomorrow it will feel better.”
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Lewis Also criticised F1’s new ‘Alternative Tyre Allocation’ trial. Under this new system, each car is allowed to use only 11 tyre sets, rather than 13. In addition, in qualifying, Hard tyres are mandated for Q1, Mediums for Q2 and Softs for Q3.
Lewis was asked why Mercedes opted to use only a single set of Medium tyres in FP2 for his car.
“We only had one tyre to use in that session. Not really a great format, this change they made for this weekend. It just means we get less running. Not ideal.
“There are a lot of wet tyres that they throw away at the end of every weekend rather than trying to take time on track away from the fans,” the Briton concluded.
