Hamilton: The main thing is I need to pick up my race pace
28 March, 2012
Lewis Hamilton during the Malaysian GP
Mar.28 (GMM) Lewis Hamilton has vowed to push his McLaren engineers to improve the race pace of the team’s MP4-27 car, after the 2008 world champion put the MP4-27 on pole position for both the Australian and Malaysian grands prix, but then failed to have winning pace when it mattered – in the races.
Lewis speaks to media in Sepang
“In qualifying we are very quick but we need to be quicker in the race,” Briton Hamilton is quoted by the Sun newspaper. “I don’t think we are quick enough.”
F1′s next stop is in Shanghai, next month.
“We will have some upgrades for the car, I hope,” said Hamilton. “I will go and push the guys to see if we can get some upgrades to try and squeak ahead in the race.”
He admitted to being disappointed after the two races so far this season, when the MP4-27′s qualifying promise did not power him to wins.
“The main thing is I need to pick up my race pace,” Hamilton is quoted by PA Sport.
“I spoke to Fernando [Alonso] and Sergio [Perez] after [the race in Malaysia] and they had lots of understeer whereas I had lots of oversteer.
“Maybe I’m setting the car up too aggressively, so I might make some changes for the next two races,” he said.
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Hamilton just needs to regain his confidence. and he will be back to his true form. and his team needs to stop messing up his races for him.
Drivers talk pretty much only about problems they have, with other drivers, not much about other things. Good things they will always try to hide (giving away advantage). Problems also good excuse to why they slower than you
Drivers are not complicated creatures, they are alpha males with some of the biggest egos you will ever see
(when winning is on the line ofc)
Chuck, don’t F1 drivers compare notes after the race on their performance and the race track. I have seen drivers congratulating each other and talking to each other after the race. What do they talk about other than the race? Family and personal life?
Lewis… personally I would not let Alonso and Sergio influence how I set up my car… Could it be that they might steer you wrong??? LOL This has to be a joke, right??? Okay, not a joke… UUUuuummm do you trust them more than your own engineers? WOW… This is sooooo strange… Kind of sounds like you might consider borrowing some parts from Alonso, and Sergio and try them out too… Why not?