Lewis Hamilton has conceded Ferrari’s new improve package deal for the Austrian Grand Prix hasn’t “modified our competitiveness” after a difficult Friday.
Hamilton ended second apply tenth quickest, 0.931s down on Lando Norris’ prime time.
Ferrari’s upgrades was the large speaking level going into this double-header in Austria and Britain.
Ferrari’s season has been hampered by a rear suspension subject, which prevents them from operating their automobile optimally.
This additionally means their flooring undergo vital put on throughout races, so each drivers normally need to handle their tempo.
Ferrari have a revised ground for this weekend on the Purple Bull Ring.
Nonetheless, evidently it has had little affect on Ferrari’s total tempo.
Talking after Friday apply in Austria, Hamilton mentioned: “An enormous quantity of labor went on to deliver the ground however as you see, it’s not essentially modified our competitiveness.
“The automobile doesn’t really feel dangerous however we’re an enormous chunk off tempo sensible. We have to look into that. We are going to simply maintain pushing and attempt to dial the automobile in additional, and see what we are able to get. It’s clearly very shut within the prime 10 so a tenth could make the distinction so we’ll work in the direction of attempting to gaining no less than that in a single day.”
A gearbox subject compromised Hamilton’s FP1 operating.
The 40-year-old was happy with Ferrari’s restoration however dominated out difficult on the entrance in qualifying.
“Not spectacular. We had an issue within the morning with the gearbox which was clearly troublesome, irritating for everybody within the storage as a result of the boys did an ideal job,” Hamilton added.
“They saved topping it up however we might solely do one lap so we couldn’t do the lengthy runs and stuff. I believe we recovered OK with it. They did an ideal job altering the gearbox and getting us prepared for P2.
“Charles was six-tenths off. I used to be near a second off. Not excellent however I believe there’s a number of be taught so we’ll make some adjustments. Hopefully we are able to attempt to get just a little bit nearer. We received’t be on the entrance.”
Leclerc: Efficiency not fairly there
Charles Leclerc sat out of FP1 as Ferrari junior Dino Beganovic obtained a style of an F1 automobile in a aggressive session.
Leclerc felt he didn’t want a lot time getting in control after lacking first apply.
However like Hamilton, he wasn’t too complimentary about Ferrari’s efficiency.
“Not likely. FP1 didn’t actually compromise FP2,” Leclerc defined. “I felt type of comfy on the observe immediately however probably not as simply because the automobile and the way it feels.
“There’s fairly a bit of labor that must be completed for tomorrow. It doesn’t really feel just like the efficiency is sort of there but however hopefully we’ll put all the things collectively tomorrow and take a step ahead. There’s numerous work to be completed tonight.”
