Lewis Hamilton has finally admitted the W09 is much harder to drive than last years Mercedes car. This comes after further clarification from Toto Wolff that the World Champions contract talks have been delayed. This is because of their poor start.
Lewis Hamilton won his first 2018 race at the weekend which placed him above Sebastian Vettel in the drivers' standings. Hamilton spoke to Sky Sports and admitted how far his team were from Ferrari.
“We’ve definitely got a lot of work still to do,” said the Brit.
“Ferrari's pure pace is a lot ahead of ours at the moment. We definitely are there in the mix and we’ve not got a terrible car at all, by any means.
“We’ve just got to refine it a little bit and make it a little bit easier to drive. She definitely isn’t as easy to drive as it was last year.”
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