Lewis Hamilton is still missing. English, who has not hit the key for more than a year with a mercedes that is neither there to win nor to fight against Red Bull, charged again at his car after a few Miami Free Practice 2 in which it could not be, as usual except in Australia, the protagonist.
Because it was seventh. Seventh behind a McLaren. And George Russell, worse. Pretty worse. To see him you have to go down to 15th place, after the two Alfa Romeos of Zhou and Bottas.
That has made Hamilton hit the W14 again: “It was like a kick in the stomach.”
“In FP1 we seemed to be going very well, but then the real rhythm appeared. It’s complicated, but We’ll keep working on it.” insists.
At the moment, little is expected: “I have no expectations in this car, I just want to be in a better place… and be able to reach Q3″.
“Let’s see if we can do something with the set-up… I will remain optimistic and I’ll keep hoping to put the car a couple of steps up,” he says.
But he sees Australia as an island: “It was the difference from night to day. It’s much better to race there.”
Hamilton, for the moment, continues without stamping his signature on a renewal contract with Mercedes… while from Ferrari there is more than siren songs towards him. And then there is Leclerc.
