Lewis Hamilton said he wasn’t able to get as much out of his Mercedes as his team mate, who qualified four places ahead of him for tomorrow’s race.
George Russell will start the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix from third on the grid while Hamilton is due to line up seventh.
“I just struggled to extract the performance,” admitted Hamilton, who ended qualifying 0.366 seconds behind Russell. He said there were only slight differences between the set-ups of the two W14s.
During practice Hamilton was told he was losing time to his team mate in turn two – the slow right-hander after the first corner – and turns nine and 10, a quick right-left switchback.
“The car is where it is,” said Hamilton. “I mean, George did a great job, he’s right up there on the second row. So the car’s obviously got performance.
“I just don’t feel connected to this car. No matter what I do, no matter what I change I can’t get confidence in it.”
The pair were separated by Carlos Sainz Jnr’s Ferrari, Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin and Esteban Ocon’s Alpine. “At the moment it definitely feels like I just couldn’t get any more out of the car today,” said Hamilton.
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2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
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