Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes don’t give up

Lewis Hamilton’s words

Lewis Hamilton sees the glass half full after the free practice day in Austin: “Everything went according to plan, I am very grateful to everyone at the factory for working so hard and providing us with the updates for this weekend.”

“It has been an incredibly difficult year for us and the team has kept pushing. Everyone has kept their heads down and we seem to be making strides with the performance of the car. PL2 didn’t give us any real clues about our performance because of tire testing but PL1 went pretty well.”

“The tire test was fun, you don’t know what to expect when you go out and there is always a different balance because the tires act in different ways each time you go out. I tried to get in tune and figure out what the differences are. In previous years it was a lot more predictable, whereas with the current car you need to get a lot more experience and then try to store the knowledge you’ve gained.”