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“I felt generally positive,” said Hamilton in response to a question from RaceFans. “I got the most I could out the car.
“I think there’s still more time on the table, but it wouldn’t have put us any higher up. I think there’s a good couple of tenths there. But it was a fun session.”
Hamilton is concerned about the difficulty he will face making progress from the back of the field tomorrow as he expects to become stuck in a queue of drivers using their Drag Reduction Systems.
“I was behind Valtteri [Bottas] yesterday in practice and I couldn’t catch him nor pass him,” he said. “So I hope I don’t get stuck tomorrow.
“But I’m imagining tomorrow everyone’s going to be in a DRS train and it’s just going to be sitting there and just waiting for strategy and tyre degradation and those sorts.”
He believes F1’s official tyre supplier Pirelli should bring softer rubber for the race to aid overtaking. “They should bring like the softest tyres here to promote more pit stops and stuff. But they keep bringing these hard tyres so they only do one. It’s a one-stop easy tomorrow, generally and so strategy won’t do too much.
“But I hope that there’s Safety Cars and all those sorts of things. I’ve been so unfortunate with the Safety Car timings this year, it would be nice to have a nice SC offering tomorrow.”
If that doesn’t happen, Hamilton joked he might have to watch his tablet instead. “I was thinking of just taking my iPad with me in the race and when I’m in the DRS line just watch the new Game of Thrones,” he smiled.
“I’ve stopped watching it because I like to binge watch and there’s lots of adverts in the middle of it on fricking Sky and that’s no good, and then at the end you’re like ‘I want to watch the next thing’.”
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elchinero (@elchinero)
10th September 2022, 18:49
“new Game of Thrones” = “House of Dragons”
Gabriel (@gabf1)
10th September 2022, 22:13
Bet Sky will have been happy with that, their adverts (revenue income) being dissed in public by Lewis!
Dale
10th September 2022, 23:48
What a great example Lewis is for FIA road safety & those running road safety campaigns around the world discouraging people from using their devices while driving …
Wes
11th September 2022, 1:51
..the man was telling a joke. I love this kind of Lewis, can be downright charming when he’s in a good mood.
CheeseBucket
11th September 2022, 11:22
I hope you are joking, because it was very clear he was.
André
11th September 2022, 12:25
Don’t be disingenuous.
Femke
11th September 2022, 8:39
Or he can try , … you,… to actually race for once
jhg103 (@joshgeake)
11th September 2022, 8:45
To moan about being dominated while he and Mercedes walked over the rest of the grid for 7 years is a bit rich.
André
11th September 2022, 12:29
Mercedes didn’t “walk over” the rest of the grid for a good half of those years, in particular 2017, 2018 and 2021, at least. Let’s not even mention the many changes in technical regulations aimed at reducing their advantage, on both the engine and on the aerodynamic front. That’s the only reason why Max had a competitive enough car in 2021.
Kev (@vinnie)
11th September 2022, 9:06
The thought of him having to sit through the same adverts as me makes him appear slightly more like a normal person. I always assumed there would be a secret Mega-Sky ad-free subscription plan for the mega rich…
bernasaurus (@bernasaurus)
11th September 2022, 10:22
@vinnie Ha! Me too. But alas it seems there is no platinum Sky subscription in the Sky for those that can afford it.
At least he doesn’t have to listen to Crofty from where he’s sitting.
Lewis seems to rarely joke. I can understand why – maybe in his position I’d do the same, people can grab the wrong end of the stick and criticise. He got burnt badly with the Ali G remark. (perhaps rightly, but it was a long time ago, so let’s move on).
But I like it when he’s lighthearted. He often comes across as quite guarded in interviews.