Lewis Hamilton has stated he enjoys the bumps around the Circuit of the Americas, highlighting that they add “character” to the track.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The host track of the United States Grand Prix has long been known to be a challenge for the drivers due to its bumpy surface.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
This weekend, Verstappen has been particularly vocal about the strain that the bumps have placed on him.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The four-time champion revealed that he had scans done on his back, which revealed damage to his spinal discs from the bumpy surface.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
But Hamilton has stated that he is a fan of the uncertainty they pose for the driver trying to put together a strong lap.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“I personally like the bumps, it adds character to the track,” Hamilton told media including RacingNews365.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“I love the challenge of that because you know the car is moving and you have to correct it.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“In a perfect world, it would be a flat track, but then there would be a lack of character. That’s what gives this track that little bit more.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“It’s already a great layout. The bumps give it a bit more.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“Turn 1 is not a problem for us at all. Turn 19 and Turn 9 are a little bit bumpy, but everyone is in the same boat.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“People are complaining, but I’m 42 and my back is fine.”\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tHamilton perplexed by qualifying struggle<\/p>\n
Hamilton entered the qualifying session at COTA on Saturday hoping to fight for pole position after setting the fastest lap time in FP3 earlier in the day.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
However, Ferrari’s form slipped away as qualifying progressed, with Hamilton only able to muster sixth on the grid.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The seven-time champion admitted he was at a loss to explain what went wrong.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“I haven’t looked at the data,” Hamilton said.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“Through the weekend, we looked at the straight. Up to Turn 1, when we cut power, they [Red Bull] just keep pulling.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“That’s similar in other places, like going into Turn 11. I think it might be similar into 12, but then the rest of the lap, you see it on the overlay.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“But I don’t know what happened. My car felt pretty good. The lap was solid. They were just quicker.”\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton has stated he enjoys the bumps around the Circuit of the Americas, highlighting that they add…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":945483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,2476,578,2479,2477,2480,2478,930,576,577,932,1885,2475,582,82],"class_list":["post-945482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/945483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}