Lewis Hamilton experienced a dramatic day at Hockenheim on Friday, crashing in morning practice before missing all but ten minutes of the second session as a result. Delighted with his team’s work, Lewis admits that the well-known blown diffuser is yet to be up to scratch.
With the championship leader having clouted the Turn 4 tyre barriers, McLaren was left with much work to do between sessions before Hamilton returned to the track for just over ten minutes of dry running time in Germany.
“Obviously, I damaged the car quite heavily this morning,” he began. “It was very slippery and I hit the limiter coming out of Turn 3, shifted gear, which spun the wheels, and had an oversteer moment. I tried to correct it and that put me onto the grass, where I was just a passenger.
“The accident took all four corners off the car, so I was a little bit upset with myself. The guys work so hard during the week to get the car ready and then you get to the track, do a few laps, and total the car, which isn’t great - it was a huge amount of work for the guys, too, but they’ve just been phenomenal.
“It was positive to get back out there and overcome the difficulties I had in the morning. We missed the afternoon’s rain too, which was good. Now I have a decent idea of where the car is, so hopefully we can make some positive setup changes overnight.
“The new blown diffuser still isn’t perfect – it’s not something you can just put on the car and drive with the same balance that you had before; you’ve got to alter the balance, and modify your driving style. We’re still working on it, but there’s potential there.”
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