Hamilton was just having fun; Vettel wants to be as cunning as

Hamilton (left) fell off his shoulders after claiming this year’s World Cup title (Photo: AFP)

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Lewis hamilton In his F1 career, he claimed 98th pole position in Bahrain, even more so when he secured the World Cup title this year the previous weekend in Turkey. This, of course, also has an impact on how the now seven-time world champion is performing in the jump, but he said he could only have done better, thanks to the fact that he was no longer under pressure.

“I came to the field today just to want to feel good Hamilton recalled. – The most important thing is always to enjoy what we do. With the load falling off my shoulder, I was relieved and was able to drive like I did today. He was driving across the border and trying to find the perfect balance. The last nail came out very well, I fixed an average of two tenths and a half of a second, which made me very happy ”.

Valtteri Bottas He came out almost three tenths of a second behind his teammate, but he doesn’t understand what resulted in this not-so-small handicap, as he felt like he had done his best on his last fastest lap.

“I don’t understand my build up. I felt good about my nails and that’s the problem because if I feel like this and I think I got everything out of the car, but the lap time is not good enough, it’s very embarrassing. I didn’t make any mistakes low my last nail, but obviously it wasn’t enough for pole either. I was very surprised at my disadvantage against Lewis, but I think we did it with very different setups. Bottas said.

Even though Saturday seemed like Max verstappen perhaps able to compete with Mercedes, the Dutch Red Bull driver eventually had to settle for third place. Nonetheless, he is satisfied with his performance at the Bahrain timekeeper, but is very afraid of the tires in terms of the aftermath.

“I felt pretty good with my last nail Verstappen said. – I suffered some lack of traction on the rear tires in the slower corners, but overall it was a well-executed timer. In the race we will see what we can do because we will have a bad time with the tires. Clearly I think they have found an extra pace at Mercedes since Friday.

The bar has been vibrating for a long time Alexander Albonnál inside Red Bull, and his situation was not helped by the fact that he destroyed his car very badly on Friday. It was not until the start of the third practice session that his mechanics were able to complete the damage, which the Thai driver “thanked” for achieving one of the best results of his F1 career in the time trial.

“Twenty-four hours ago I was disappointed and depressed, but otherwise I felt good in the car, I made a silly mistake – He referred to his accident during the second training session, after which he had to change his chestnut in his car. – From the third practice onwards, the car felt good. It is always difficult with a somewhat new machine, but in the end I found it fine. The fourth starting point is what we are really capable of, but of course I want to get closer to those in front of me so I can fight them. Ultimately, we will start from the forefront and hopefully manage to cause Mercedes some inconvenience tomorrow. “

None of the Ferrari riders made it to the third stage of the time trial, so Charles Leclerc I am not very happy with the end result. However, one factor they can be happy with is the Maranellos.

“We managed to get close, but we remain disappointed The Monaco pilot confessed. – The eleventh and twelfth starting places are not so bad if you look at the fact that we are free to decide on the tires. I don’t know if, in terms of strategy, we will be able to do more than the others at night, but we are closer to the top ten than we were on Friday. It’s a big step forward, but I can’t hide my disappointment at not making it to the top ten. “

The teammate, Sebastian Vettel he also covered the tires and said they would need cunning to even the fox in the race.

“More or less this is the ideal result this weekend, but tomorrow there will be a race and it is not just a round. We will see what we will be able to do. This track is unforgiving on the tires, and tomorrow will be the key to how we deal with them. If we get cunning as a fox, we have a good chance. If not, we have a long race ahead of us, but I still think we have a chance to score some points. Vettel thinks.