Hamilton bemoans ‘bumpiest track I’ve ever driven’

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton said he has never had a more bumpy Formula 1 experience than driving a 2022 car in Monaco.

Hamilton did not have the most fantastic of Fridays at the Monaco Grand Prix, the seven-time former champion managing only P10 in the opening practice session before dropping out of the top 10 in FP2.

The Mercedes W13 was certainly not a smooth ride, although this time it was not porpoising causing the problem – instead it appeared to be the stiffness of the suspension.

That then created the “bumpiest roller coaster ride”, as Hamilton termed it.

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Asked if it was a case of relearning the Monaco track in the all-new 2022 cars, Hamilton told reporters: “Well, firstly it’s the bumpiest of tracks I’ve ever been…it’s probably the bumpiest track I’ve ever driven, it’s the bumpiest roller coaster ride.

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“So that makes it difficult, but then just generally our car bounces a lot. It’s different bouncing to what we’ve experienced in the past. It’s just because it’s in a low speed also, so it’s not aero. I think it’s just the bumps on the track may make it worse.

“But otherwise, not really having to learn the track differently. It’s just fighting