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Lewis Hamilton says “there’s nothing you can do” about the W14’s seating position, but ultimately the new suspension is “a real positive” and gives him “a lot more confidence”.
Earlier this year, Lewis Hamilton complained about the seating position of the W14, but the issue was not solved with Mercedes’ big Monaco upgrade.
Lewis explains it unfortunately can’t be solved this year.
“There’s nothing you can do about it, that’s just the way it is,” the Briton said.
“The only things you can do is ultimately try to slow the rate of rotation, stabilise the rear end.
“That’s something you try and do on mechanical balance, but you’re just limited with the tools you have.”
However, Lewis was full of praise for Mercedes’ new development direction.
“The new suspension was a real positive for me. It gave me a lot more confidence, so I’m hoping that translates to [future races].
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“I think we’ve taken note of where we are and where we’ve gone wrong, and now we’re slowly chipping away and trying to navigate our way back to the front. It’s just a long process, unfortunately.
“We now have the wider sidepods more in the direction of what the Red Bull is. I mean it’s not been my decision to go that way. It’s the input that we’ve been having as a team, both George and I, over the past year.
“It’s those constant conversations where we’re like, ‘Why does that look like that?’ and ‘Why does this look like this, have you tried that?’
“If you look at the Red Bulls, the places where they get on the power earlier and the speed they can take through the corners is just because they have a much stronger rear end.
“We still have generally a very strong front and not as good a rear as we would hope to have,” Hamilton concluded.
