Mercedes plan changes to Hamilton's car after Baku mix-up

Mercedes are planning to change Virtual Safety Car condition after Lewis Hamilton lost almost two seconds and finished second in Azerbaijan Grand Prix behind his teammate Valtteri Bottas. Team’s strategy chief James Vowles explained Hamilton was not to blame and explained how he had lost at the VSC restart. “We asked Lewis to do a number of switch changes, which is normal, to put the car into a more 'performant' mode," Vowles said in Mercedes' post-Baku debrief. "But with every change, he lost sight of what [the] delta time was. The other factor that was contributing here was that if you are in a straight line – for example, turn 16, long straight – and the VSC ends, all you have to do is get on the throttle and go straight. But Lewis wasn't, he was in a braking zone for a VSC, one of the most difficult situations because it's very difficult to modulate where you are on the delta time and get ready for the VSC restart. "A combination of all of that put together means that Lewis didn't make a mistake. It's where he was on track and a number of switch changes that just masked where he was in exact delta time and he lost around two seconds." Next time Hamilton will be in action on Sunday, May 12 in the Spanish Grand Prix at Circuit de Barcelona –Catalunya. Source- GPfans.com

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