Lewis Hamilton: we need to win back three seconds

Lewis Hamilton: we need to win back three seconds

Lewis Hamilton topped the Protocol first Friday session on the tests in Barcelona, but, commenting on the situation for journalists during the break, during which time it was raining, talked about the weaknesses of a new car Mercedes...
Lewis Hamilton: "Our strength is the engine, weak - deficit clamping force. Last year this team won the race, it is obvious that with the mechanics of the machine there are no problems, but we need to achieve greater clamping force.
On the tests, many praised the car Mercedes - Vettel and Alonso said that we will be able to fight for victory in the championship, but I don't think so. Yes, that's our goal, but we must remember that at the end of last season the team lost more than one and sometimes two seconds with a circle. Until we played these two seconds, but other teams this year, can for a moment be added. Goes to fight the strongest, you have three seconds to play, but this has not yet happened.
When it rains, as it is now, the race becomes a lottery, but our goal is to make a car fast on a dry track. We do not expect gifts, don't expect bad weather and crashes rivals, not hope to win by luck. We work seriously to be ahead on pure speed.
Today's rain has not stopped. This week we have almost completed the planned program, but of great significance tests, starting next Thursday. Work continues. The team is preparing several new products, which should be more efficient than the solutions that we tested.
The team are making progress, I don't doubt and don't see any reason that can prevent it. Sometimes it so happens that the group of experts is moving in the wrong direction, but we have many talented engineers who had achieved success, and it's obvious that the team has chosen the right vector of further development".