Hamilton downbeat after 'not fun' Friday in Spain: Here's what went wrong
Lewis Hamilton
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Lewis Hamilton's FP1 session was certainly more positive than his FP2. Speaking to F1TV the Briton revealed what was hindering Ferrari in Barcelona.
“Not fun. It’s a beautiful place, the weather has been amazing, but no, not a good day,” said Hamilton summarising his feelings after the first day of on track activity in Spain.
For Hamilton the issue does not lie in a lack of motivation at Ferrari: “I wouldn’t say that I’m motivating the team at the moment. You just keep your head down and keep working away. You just don’t give up. You keep going, you keep pushing, you keep trying to focus on solving the issues, which we’ll try to do."
Lewis Hamilton driving the SF25 Ferrari in Barcelona
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Hamilton hoped for better and although the SF-25 in qualifying pace was nowhere near its rivals, in race trim it could have the pace for a podium finish, perhaps even a win.
“But you arrive on Friday and are hoping for a good day, and it doesn’t go well. Then you have a weekend in Monaco, where suddenly the car feels great.
“Honestly, I thought the car was going to be good today. It wasn’t too bad in P1, but P2 was much worse. Naturally, that’s frustrating for everyone, but we had some problems, which meant we were losing some downforce."
“Hopefully, with that fixed for tomorrow, we’ll be in a better place.”
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