Lewis Hamilton’s ‘struggles’ have been laid bare by Andrew Shovlin, with the Mercedes trackside engineering director explaining that qualifying sessions on Saturdays have proven to be ‘tough’.
“Lewis hasn’t disguised the fact that Saturdays were his tough day,” Shovlin said. “He’s struggled with this whole generation of car, really, not suiting his style. He’s been working on how he drives.
“But we have had a huge amount of work trying to get the car to be quicker – it just hasn’t been quick enough – but also with a handling balance that the drivers can actually attack the lap on Saturday. So we’ve made progress.
“Recently, George [Russell] has out-qualified Lewis by some fairly fine margins. So it’s great for the team that Lewis is back up there and he’ll be pushing on. We’ll keep working on that, and I’m sure that we’ll hopefully see some more Lewis pole positions as well.”
