Lewis Hamilton felt much better in the car in the F1 Dutch Grand Prix qualifying, but confidence dented on Friday with tyres being the main culprit, as he struggled to work it and locked-up at Turn 1.
After a low-key return in both F1 Dutch GP sprint qualifying and also the race due to wrong set-up choice, Ferrari's Hamilton found something in the main qualifying but could only manage fifth in the end, behind both the McLaren and Mercedes pair.
He managed to beat teammate Charles Leclerc, but his confidence was dented on Friday itself, not giving him enough time to adjust to changes post-sprint as much. He is hopeful still of a better result, as he feels the race pace will be better than the one-lap pace was.
"Yeah, much, much happier with the car in quali, thankfully," said Hamilton to media after F1 Dutch GP qualifying. "But it's not that helpful when it comes to building confidence, it's like you're putting brick by brick, you're putting down building a wall, knock down that confidence that I had in FP1, didn't have it through sprint qualifying, and then I just basically was starting again building.
"But the car was much better and much happier with it. I'm excited for tomorrow." It was not easy especially in Q3 with the threat of rain. The Ferrari F1 cars were struggling to get temperature into the tyres. Hamilton kept on locking going into Turn 1 throughout qualifying.
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After a low-key return in both F1 Dutch GP sprint qualifying and also the race due to wrong set-up choice, Ferrari's Hamilton found something in the main qualifying but could only manage fifth in the end, behind both the McLaren and Mercedes pair.
He managed to beat teammate Charles Leclerc, but his confidence was dented on Friday itself, not giving him enough time to adjust to changes post-sprint as much. He is hopeful still of a better result, as he feels the race pace will be better than the one-lap pace was.
"Yeah, much, much happier with the car in quali, thankfully," said Hamilton to media after F1 Dutch GP qualifying. "But it's not that helpful when it comes to building confidence, it's like you're putting brick by brick, you're putting down building a wall, knock down that confidence that I had in FP1, didn't have it through sprint qualifying, and then I just basically was starting again building.
"But the car was much better and much happier with it. I'm excited for tomorrow." It was not easy especially in Q3 with the threat of rain. The Ferrari F1 cars were struggling to get temperature into the tyres. Hamilton kept on locking going into Turn 1 throughout qualifying.
#much #qualifying #hamilton #better
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