“It’s nothing to do with the team, it’s just we were struggling to get the tyres working.”
Despite the chance to make improvements ahead of FP3 and Qualifying, Hamilton didn’t see this as much of a positive, reflecting: “Normally on Saturday it goes backwards, but there’s not a lot of backwards for me to go from where I am. Hopefully, overnight we will make some improvements to the car.
“There were a few bits through the session that felt good and just once we get to the soft tyre, it’s not there.
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“We’ll make some changes overnight and hope tomorrow we can come back stronger.”
Asked what could be possible across the weekend, Hamilton said: “I don’t know. For me, I’m just seeing if I can get in the top 10 at the moment.”
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