MIAMI, United States —
Lewis Hamilton admitted to
relief and said he and Mercedes would 'keep chipping away' to recover lost
speed after he qualified sixth on Saturday for the Miami Grand Prix.
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The seven-time world champion had missed out on a top ten
start at last month's
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and praised his team for their
hard work in attempting to improve their new car.
"That's the best qualifying session that I have had in
the last three races," he said. "So I'll take that and keep pushing
and keep working hard.
"We've got to keep on chipping away. So much amazing
work has gone on in the background.
"I don't think we are necessarily moving forward at the
rate we would like to, but we have just got to keep our heads down and keep
working and eventually we will get there."
Team-mate
George Russell, who was fastest in Friday's second
free practice session, was unable to reproduce that pace as the team continued
making set-up changes in search of a major performance improvement.
"I'm a bit confused to be honest," he said, having
qualified 12th. "The car was bouncing a lot more again.
"My qualifying lap was slower than the one I did in
second practice yesterday. We just didn't attack any of the corners. There was
potential in there, we saw that yesterday.
"We were really quick, but it was massively away from
us today. It's all a bit inconsistent to be honest. When we get it into the
window, it's fast.
"Yesterday, it looked like we were in the fight for
pole, but today we were 12th so it doesn't really make a lot of sense."
Mercedes, winners of a record eight consecutive constructors
championships in
Formula One, have struggled to be competitive with their new
car this year after the introduction of new regulations.
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