“The car has potential to be third or fourth and I am not able to pull that out of the car,” Hamilton said. I just have no rear end in the car in the qualifying sessions.”. “We have improved the car and stopped it from bouncing in certain areas,” Hamilton said. “It is going to be very difficult because Red Bull is very strong in tyre management and it is our weakness since two races,” said Leclerc, who leads Verstappen by 19 points. “It is going to be one of the most challenging races we face all season,” Russell said. If there is opportunity, you go for it, and if not, you don’t. “What we improved over one lap won’t hurt our long run,” he said. “It was a bit more tricky for us to really find a connected car and we have that.

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