The Mercedes Englishman after the best time in FP2: “Small steps forward, but they still have 2 tenths of an advantage and we have to work hard”
The fight between them restarts from the first Free Practice of the F1 Austrian GP, with Max Verstappen in the lead in the morning and Lewis Hamilton the quickest in the afternoon: the duel continues, even in words, with the Englishman of the Mercedes who knows how to be sly even in the statements.
those tenths …
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Lewis Hamilton after the best time of the afternoon throws water on the fire of enthusiasm: “They have something in their pockets for sure, but today we have made progress – Lewis said – Ours are small steps forward, but I believe that they have two tenths of an advantage, maybe one and a half and so our progress is not enough “.
found the way
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Then the Englishman analyzes the day better: “On the flying lap I feel good, but I expect them to make better use of the engine and their mapping, a bit like we once did – says Lewis -. We will have to work hard, with the cool is fine, in the first session I tried some set-ups that I didn’t like, but in the afternoon we went back to a better road and I’m happy: there is only something to adapt, not too much to overturn “.
July 2 – 4:47 pm
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