Hamilton: Mercedes ‘missing something’ at Silverstone

Lewis Hamilton believes one thing was incorrect together with his automobile over a single lap throughout Friday apply for this weekend’s British Grand Prix, however is assured his workforce will discover a resolution in time for qualifying.

Hamilton completed the second apply in fifteenth place and 1.2s off the tempo of Max Verstappen’s quickest time after struggling for efficiency all through Friday apply.

Over longer runs to simulate how the automobile will carry out in Sunday’s race, Hamilton’s efficiency seemed extra promising, so he’s hopeful there will probably be an apparent repair to enhance his automobile efficiency in time for Saturday’s qualifying session.

“Automotive clever, we’re battling the identical factor more often than not — it is a robust automobile to drive,” Hamilton mentioned. “It doesn’t matter what we do to set-up, it continues to be a tricky automobile to drive.

“On a single lap I did not really feel any enchancment between tyre compounds, which exhibits that one thing is incorrect. We’re lacking one thing.

“On the long term it did not appear to be too dangerous, in order that’s a constructive at the least.”

Mercedes’ lack of efficiency on Friday was underlined by Hamilton’s teammate George Russell ending the session twelfth.

Hamilton mentioned the workforce’s reserve driver, Mick Schumacher, will work on the automobile’s issues in a single day within the Mercedes’ simulator to seek out an enchancment on the setups the 2 drivers ran on Friday.

“Me and George had been simply speaking and he is a technique, he is over right here with the set-up, I am over right here,” Hamilton defined. “He was like ‘I am considering of coming to the place you’re however your lap time is then gradual’ and I am like ‘I used to be considering of coming to the place you’re’.

“However we’ll attempt to work on it tonight and Mick will do some work on the sim tonight. Hopefully we’ll provide you with one thing for tomorrow.”