The Briton left it until the dying seconds of Q3 to deliver a lap that slotted him in behind McLaren’s Lando Norris in fifth, with there still a big gap to the Ferrari and Red Bull cars at the front.
But although the pace of the Mercedes appears to be better than it was at the Saudi Arabian GP a fortnight ago, Hamilton said that the upswing in form was not the result of any steps forward the team has made.
Asked if the car was better, he said: “No, no. We haven’t made any progress.”
Hamilton expressed his hope however, that with the run of season opening flyaways coming to an end, Mercedes would now have time to work on solutions needed to make the W13 more competitive.
“I don’t know what is coming yet, but I’m really, really hopeful,” he said. “I know everyone is working really, really hard, but we’ve had three races and no progress in the three races.
“So I really hope over this next week we can get as much information as we can from the race tomorrow, and I hope…
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