Lewis Hamilton is hoping that the rain clouds will hold off on Sunday if he’s to enjoy a fairly competitive race in Brazil.
The Mercedes driver is often touted as one of the quickest in the rain, but he says his difficulties setting-up the W04 perfectly has led to him “struggling” in the wet.
“Particularly in this car, it has been the worst year of wet running in my entire career,” he told Sky Sports after he finished over eight tenths slower than team-mate Nico Rosberg during practice.
“I’ve been looking back on my career and in the rain was always the best for me – that was when I could really make the difference. In this car there is no hope for me, I don’t know what is going on, we are just really, really struggling with the throttle mapping and all these kinds of things. But clearly the car is quick enough as Nico is able to do it, so I just need to work harder and see what it is.
“I am struggling just to keep it on the track – it was the same in Australia and wherever else it has been raining, it has always been the same.”
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