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Mercedes set-up experiment 'backfires' on Hamilton
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22/03/2024 at 07:5422/03/2024 at 08:10 Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted that an experiment with different set-ups on the cars of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell had backfired on them in Friday's practice sessions in Melbourne. “In the second session [we went] through a really quite dramatic set-up change on Lewis’ [car] and that has massively backfired,” he told Sky Sports F1 in the paddock at Albert Park. “But this is why we have those sessions. "We were lacking performance," Wolff admitted after Hamilton ended the session 18th fastest of the 19 cars taking part. "I think on a single lap, if he finished that lap we’re...
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