Lewis Hamilton (1st, 1:19.837): “It’s a little grippier here this year but it was very windy today so I think everybody was struggling with balance and sliding around. Quite similar feelings to last year here, it’s a slippery tarmac and the rear of the car is pretty loose in places, so it’s not easy to get clean laps. The tyres have of course changed and we all lost a bit of grip from the cars compared to last year. I was happy with the setup of the car quite early in the day, so I concentrated mostly on becoming more acclimatised to the circuit and then evaluating the tyres over the two sessions. It’s still a challenge for us and we’re working hard to get a little bit more grip from the car for tomorrow.”. Likewise, going into the start of FP2 on the Mediums, we were quite comfortable with the pace of the car.

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