Hamilton after another tough day: 'Never been a big fan of testing'

After a trouble free morning for Valtteri Bottas, Lewis Hamilton also drove a lot of laps in the afternoon. During his laps it became clear that the world champion isn't completely at ease in the Mercedes W12.

"I've never been a massive fan of testing, I just love racing!," Hamilton said in the team's press release afterwards.

"It's probably the only year I would have asked for more days though, because we've got lots of work to do."

Hamilton looking forward to start of season

Hamilton actually struggled to keep his car on the straight all weekend. He regularly found himself off-track and even spun a few times. However, he is not too keen on the way the test went.

"We've never felt in the past that we were quicker than everyone else after testing because you never know what people are doing with the fuel and set-ups. We always just focus on understanding our car the best way we can so if I'm honest, I feel the same this year. We won't know until we get to qualifying in two weeks' time exactly where we stand.

"Today we made some improvements but it's still not where we want to be. I can't pick out any one area, it just feels globally through the lap that we need to improve. I'm looking forward to getting back into competition and back in that focus mode. Our team is all rowing in the same boat - we win and we lose together," said Hamilton