Lewis Hamilton has said after Thursday's testing session that lap times in testing are really irrelevant, and beacuse of that he doesn't really care about Sebastian Vettel's record-breaking lap.
When being informed about Vettel's time, Hamilton responded:
"I don't know if that's a good time. I think it's faster than what we did a couple of days ago."
"Maybe they did a qualifying run. I don't really know, I don't really care in testing. It's really irrelevant."
"Someone said I was down in 11th today, it just doesn't matter."
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"We've not tested with low fuel so I have no idea where the car can go. But I hope it's a good time and it means they're strong and we can go racing."
After these very wise and inspired words, Hamilton continued to talk about the development of the Mercedes this year compared to 2017.
"The car has improved from last year. Last year's car felt great, this one feels better."
The characteristics aren't perfect at the moment, but I'm sure we can set the car better. Hopefully we'll spend more time on that tomorrow."
"Today we were just going through the different tyres to see how they were on a couple of laps each, to see how long they lasted."
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"I come in the garage, I’m in the car doing emails, they say ‘let’s go’, I give the phone back and go out and do my laps, then come back in and do the same. There’s not a lot to learn."
The four-time champion did say that tomorrow's running would be more serious, as the team will practice racing systems, which requires more attention, notes and discipline.
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