From the 'best in three years' to 'undriveable' in the space of one session, according to the seven-time World Champion.
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff explained that the opinion of Lewis Hamilton on the W15 swung from being “the best in three years” to “undriveable” in the space of a session in Australia last weekend.
But after a free practice session in which he and Mercedes were competing at the front was followed by qualifying, when they were well behind the pace of Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren in particular, Wolff admitted the W15 “transformed” from one session to the next, despite there not being much of a change in track conditions.
“He said that the car is the best in three years, he had so much rear downforce and he feels confident. “We have two and a half thousand people that work on these cars, half on the engine, the other half on the on the chassis, and we are looking at everything.
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