Miami Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes car has ‘definitely improved’ after strong showing in practice

After a disappointing start to the F1 season for Lewis Hamilton who has lacked pace so far, the Mercedes driver has admitted the car is improving after clear issues in the opening four Grand Prix’s. He managed a fourth place finish in the second practice session of the Miami Grand Prix, with team mate George Russell dismantling championship leader Charles Leclerc at the top of the leaderboard. Ad/> Despite the strong showing on American soil, the seven-time world champion says he is “still struggling” with the car, but says he can see the car is improving «bit by bit».

Miami Grand PrixVerstappen says 'a lot of things can go wrong' at Miami Grand Prix19 HOURS AGO «It feels similar to me,» Hamilton said. «We seem to be quicker here, and later on they were explaining to us that we definitely have improved in some way — and I'm not exactly sure why that is. /> The fourth place finish for Hamilton indicates there could be a genuine three-team battle for Sunday's much-anticipated street race.

»There are definitely positive elements to take from today,” Hamilton said. «I'm still struggling with the car — George [Russell] looked great out there — but we're trying a lot of different things. We'll converge and hopefully improve.» /> Russell — who currently sits in P1 after the second practice session — is not getting too carried away and also seemed dumbfounded at the car's sudden improvement.

«I don't really understand it to be honest, why we've hit the ground running,” he admitted. »We always knew coming into the weekend that the conditions should suit us better, because we've been struggling with tyre warm-up. For sure that's played a big factor, but the car's working well.