Lewis Hamilton finally upbeat about W15 but doesn’t want to ‘f it up’ with changes

has hailed opening practice at the Japanese Grand Prix as the “best session” Mercedes have had so far during the 2024Hamilton then finished second-fastest in a rain-hit FP2 but lap times were largely unrepresentative in a session that saw very limited running.

“It was a great, a really good session for us. It was the best session that we’ve had this year. It’s the best the car has felt so far, so it felt really positive,” Hamilton said. “And given the difficult last few races we’ve had, great work has been done this past week and we just seem to have hit the ground a bit more in a sweeter spot. So I haven’t really made any changes since.”Hamilton is wary about making too many changes heading into qualifying.

Teammate Russell echoed Hamilton’s early optimism, saying Mercedes “definitely performed better than expected” on Friday.

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