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Lewis Hamilton said his Mercedes is ‘not the quickest at the moment’ as he finished ninth in the morning session

Lewis Hamilton has given a downbeat assessment of his team’s chances as his run of pre-season testing drew to a close. Speaking after the morning session on the third and final day of testing in Bahrain, Hamilton was pessimistic ahead of next weekend’s season opener, saying his team is unlikely to compete for race wins. Ad/> George Russell will pilot the Mercedes W13 car for the afternoon session after Hamilton could only deliver the ninth fastest time of the morning, 3.112 seconds off the pace of front runner Sergio Perez in the Red Bull.

Porpoising. Ground Effect. Vortexes. What F1’s new terms mean ahead of the start of the 2022 season in Bahrain

F1’s raft of rule changes has meant a host of new terminology for the sport’s fans to contend with. From porpoising to ground effect, here are some of the key components added to the glossary from the final days of testing. What is ‘porpoising’? Ad/> The resounding images of testing ahead of the 2022 F1 season are the bobbing heads of drivers contending with their cars bouncing up and down beneath them.

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