{"id":293508,"date":"2023-09-22T12:36:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T12:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=293508"},"modified":"2023-09-22T12:36:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T12:36:29","slug":"lewis-hamilton-openly-admits-he-has-no-chance-of-victory-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/racing\/f1\/lewis-hamilton-openly-admits-he-has-no-chance-of-victory-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton openly admits he has NO CHANCE of victory in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Lewis Hamilton openly admits he has NO CHANCE of victory at F1&#8217;s Japanese Grand Prix after a &#8216;really bad day&#8217; saw him finish 16th and 14th in practice<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lewis Hamilton has discarded Mercedes&#8217; chances at the Japanese Grand Prix<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The seven-time world champion endured torrid practice sessions at Suzuka<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton has admitted that he \u2018definitely won\u2019t be winning\u2019 the Japanese Grand Prix after a day to forget in Suzuka.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time world champion put in two underwhelming performances in Friday\u2019s practice sessions, crossing the line in P16 and P14.<\/p>\n<p>One week on from his impressive podium finish in Singapore, Hamilton bemoaned his Mercedes car\u2019s lack of balance and cut a dejected figure in the paddock.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was a really bad day, to be honest, he said. \u2018A real struggle out there.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018[We were] a long way off, two seconds off in the first session and over a second off in the second. We&#8217;re working away at just trying to fix the car&#8217;s balance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/12\/75726219-12549273-image-a-9_1695383337030.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton is adamant he has no chance of winning at the Japanese Grand Prix<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/12\/75726215-12549273-image-a-10_1695383340580.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hamilton struggled during difficult practice sessions for Mercedes on the Suzuka circuit<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton said an overnight inquest is underway to discover the root of the problem and ruled out his chances of victory this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We&#8217;ll work on it overnight and turn it around for tomorrow, but we definitely won&#8217;t be winning this weekend! If I in particular can move further up the order so I can at least back up George, who did a not-such-a-bad lap&#8230; yeah, tough one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/12\/75726217-12549273-image-a-11_1695383352570.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hamilton bemoaned his Mercedes car\u2019s lack of balance and cut a dejected figure in the paddock<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It&#8217;s figuring out what is wrong. We were much closer in the last race [Singapore] but we didn&#8217;t have many high-speed corners, only one, but not as high-speed as the corners here.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Our car has, more often than not, been a bit weaker in the high-speed corners, so if you look at places like at Silverstone, for example \u2013 Copse is one of our weaker corners.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It&#8217;s an area that we need to work on and get the car in more of a sweet spot where we&#8217;re not overheating our tyres as much.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if his improved time in FP2 made him feel any better than his FP1 showing, Hamilton quipped: \u2018Nope! It was a really bad day, to be honest.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12549273\/Lewis-Hamilton-mercedes-japan-grand-prix.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lewis Hamilton openly admits he has NO CHANCE of victory at F1&#8217;s Japanese Grand Prix after a &#8216;really bad day&#8217; <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lewis Hamilton openly admits he has NO CHANCE of victory in Japan - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/racing\/f1\/lewis-hamilton-openly-admits-he-has-no-chance-of-victory-in-japan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lewis Hamilton openly admits he has NO CHANCE of victory in Japan - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lewis Hamilton openly admits he has NO CHANCE of victory at F1&#8217;s Japanese Grand Prix after a &#8216;really bad day&#8217; 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