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Hamilton ready to "cause Red Bull some trouble tomorrow"
Max Verstappen stormed to pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix, leaving a 0.4-second gap to Lewis Hamilton. The seven-time World Champion says the Mercedes team "have some work to do" over the next few weeks.
Mercedes on the back foot
"Max did a great lap, nearly 0.4 is a big gap so we have some work to do! The car was feeling good in Q1 and Q2, we took until the last minute trying to find the right set-up and it felt sweet. Just at the end I couldn't get any more from it but still, it was exciting. I'm immensely proud of everyone," Hamilton said in the Mercedes press release.
In pre-season testing, it was clear Mercedes were struggling out on the circuit. Both Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas were fighting with a twitchy car. Hamilton says the team have worked hard to make the gains over the last two weeks. He and Bottas line-up in P2 and P3 for Sunday's race meaning the two Mercedes cars will be hunting down the lone Red Bull at turn one.
"We've worked very hard over the last week to try and understand the package that we have. We made some steps forward but we couldn't compete with that last lap Max did. P2 puts us in a position to cause Red Bull trouble tomorrow," Hamilton added.