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A heat wave dominates the European continent, with record temperatures. This was born of a great fear for the Formula One World Champion, Lewis Hamilton, in front of the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, the 11th stage of the World Championship, and influences the chances of his Mercedes team to take home and among the mbades.
"I think if the weather is so mild, we will have a problem," said the five-time world champion and the current leader. "Hot races are waiting for us and it will not be easy for us, so we are facing a challenge," he said. He acknowledged that the design of the Mercedes does not match the high temperature. "It is not easy to change that … We hope that the situation will be acceptable on weekends".
Hamilton and his Finnish teammate Valteri Potas tested the size of the Mercedes in hot weather last month in the Austrian race with a fifth and third place finish in the top two, and failed for the first time this season to win the race.
"It is clear that cooling is a big weakness for us, we have a new adjustment for cooling systems to be more efficient," said Potas. "Hopefully this will give us extra degrees (to withstand a higher temperature than before), but I'm not sure anyone expects to run in temperatures up to 40 degrees."
Hamilton hoped to see an improvement of Ferrari and Red Bull this weekend, welcome in the spirit of competition "in the hope of getting closer (in terms of speed compared to Mercedes) as the season progresses ".
Faced with this problem, Ferrari surpbaded the German freestyle with a double win: Sebastian Vettel's driver scored the best result of the day, against Hamilton's third place. Charles Leclair came in second, Hamilton using medium tires while Ferrari used the fastest tires. Hamilton leads for the sixth time in the world championship with a 39-point lead over fellow Botas, victim of a collision at the end of the free trial.
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