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.
Friday in Monaco ✅ A positive step forward for George.
Lewis ends the day in P12 – he just wasn’t able to get a clean lap in during that session pic.twitter.com/wrkuFF113o
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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.
“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 the car to put a lap together is a lot different. I don’t remember experiencing that before.
“I remember just back in the day, I mean, my first year here, just a light nimble car going around, it was so much better.
“But now we have these super-heavy cars that are heavier than ever before and braking zones are different.
“But as I said, putting the lap together is difficult, but I think we made some improvements going into that session and it doesn’t even feel like when you actually do try to put a lap together, the grip doesn’t…
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