'It can be either quick and dirty or a little more involved and a bit more complicated.'
Lewis Hamilton struggled with the handling of his Mercedes during free practice for the 2024 Australian Grand Prix.
Going from “one of the worst” sessions on Friday where he was down in 18th place to “great” in Saturday’s final practice where he was less than a tenth of a second off the pace, the Briton found himself knocked out of qualifying in Q2. But despite not getting the result they wanted, the Australian Grand Prix was not a pointless weekend for Mercedes as technical director Allison says it gave them “some clues” to help them in the future.
“But we are starting to see a pattern emerge that most weekends we have a period in the weekend where we are feeling good about the car, confident about the car, but then in the paying sessions, in qualifying and the race, that slips through our fingers.
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