Lewis Hamilton singled out the singe-lap pace of his Mercedes as the new-spec car's main weakness in Barcelona where the Briton concluded is opening day of running just outside of the top ten. Hamilton clocked in P11 but only 0.642s adrift from Red Bull pace setter Max Verstappen, a performance that reflected the competitive level of the field at the Circuit de Catalunya. "We’re fighting as hard as we can, I would say it was a difficult P1 and P2 just getting on top of the tyres and the deg," commented the seven-time world champion. Mercedes rolled out its heavily revised W14 in Monaco last weekend. But the tight and twisty nature of the Principality's layout limited the...
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