Lewis Hamilton revealed that on his car Ferrari, the element is “insufficiently powerful” compared to teammate Charles Lecler after disappointment at the Japanese Grand Prix.
Hamilton qualified eighth and finished seventh, after early overtaking to Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls on Sunday to a large extent of a lonely race.
Meanwhile, Leclerc surpassed him three tenths to start and end fourth, 13 seconds before Hamilton at the shaft.
“I did the best I could today. Sky Sports F1.
“We have found something on the car that was insufficiently powerful for the last three races, so I hope that when it is fixed, I will start getting better results. I lose just over a tenth of the bike with this problem we have. I hope the next race is fixed.”
Ferrari does not drive the car as low as they want, after Hamilton and Leclerc, disqualified from the Chinese Grand Prix, Hamilton, for excessive wearing planks and Leclerc for his car underweight.
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Craig Slater explains why two Ferraris of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified from the Chinese GP after completing the race
The current generation of the F1 means that teams want to start the cars as low as possible to gain pressure and performance.
However, too low the vehicle is to emerge the board under the cars and the risk of disqualification. Whether this is related to the part Hamilton is talking about is unclear.
“They (team) are aware of this and do not know why (it is happening). When a new component comes, hopefully it will be gone and will be the same on both cars,” he said.
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Lewis Hamilton reveals that Ferrari “found something on the car that was insufficiently powerful” and shares his hope that by solving the problem will increase his performance
“I am relatively satisfied with the racial pace I had, with what I had. Otherwise good performance from the team and did a good job.
Hamilton added to the written media: “I really hope there will be some positive changes in the next race. During the first three races, there was a little deficit between the two sides of the garage on the car element.
“There’s something insufficiently powerful on my side. It’s good to know and what I had was the best result.”
Lewis Hamilton is eighth in the F1 driver championship
Leclerc: I went a specific direction with my driving style
Ferrari is already 76 points per McLaren at the championship of designers after only three weekends.
With a lot of optimism in winter, on the sequel where they left 2024, McLarena’s tail is disappointed that they are not closer, but suggests doing something differently to be more competitive than Hamilton.
“There was nothing more in the car,” he said Sky Sports F1.
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Ted Kravitz from Sky F1 thought about all the big points talking from the Japanese Grand Prix
“As a team, we did a good job with balance and strategy to optimize the result, but it is even more disappointing when you do everything perfect and finish P4 and you are two or three tenths outside the minimum ahead.
“The first stint was not very bad, but then we lost a little show. The positive thing is that we maximized the weekend, but negative, that the pace is simply not there.
“I went in a specific direction with my driving style and I feel that it will help me maximize the car more often than not. It still needs to be confirmed, but I look forward to Bahrain to see if it works for me.
“If so, I’m sure it looks good for the rest of the year, I can maximize the car, but if it means we’re P4, it’s not great. I hope more performances are coming, but we should have a few things soon.”
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