Lewis Hamilton admitted that he did not have the best day in the cockpit of the Mercedes W08 during his stint on the first morning of the second, and final, preseason test at Circuit de Catalunya.
He told Sky Sport in the Barcelona paddock. “It wasn’t feeling great today, but that’s just with [the] set-up and it’s quite hot today as well so tyres degrading and things like that,”
“I’m not particularly excited at the moment, just because it’s the first day of week two and I didn’t get a lot of running this morning, so I’m looking to the next couple of days.”
“And we had some damage to the floor, but I didn’t have any offs or anything like that, which is a good thing. I did see puffs of smoke from other people going off, but I managed to keep it on.”
“Just a bit of an awkward balance today and I think the temperatures are a bit higher today, so it’s harder on the tyres. Perhaps not having the car really in the window, but also having damage to the floor meant there was good corners and not-so-good corners.”
He did perk up when discussing what he expected from Mercedes at the first race in Melbourne, “At the moment there are bits coming in, and the car is improving overall.”
“But I am told that by Melbourne we will have the best car to date – all around great parts; we will have a better understanding of the set-up, and know where we need to put the car to make it comfortable.”
As for their rivals Ferrari and Red Bull, Hamilton insisted, “I have no idea. When we left here last week, it looked like Ferrari were our closest rivals. Or were very close, and then all of a sudden today Red Bull looks quite quick.”
“So I think these next days are going to be really, really interesting, and then [again] when we get to Australia,” added the triple world champion after completing 49 laps on his way to fourth on the timing sheets at the end of the day.
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