Lewis Hamilton finished the first day of action at the Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan way down the order in tenth place.
The British champion was stronger in P1 where he finished fifth overall after 16 laps, however his pace dropped off significantly in the second ninety minute free practice session.
He was complaining early in the session that the overtake button wasn't working but that didn't seem to be as big an issue as getting heat into the tyres.
After a total of 23 laps in the second session, 7 more than the morning, Lewis was still struggling with this issue so he is hoping that a bit more fine tuning overnight will help fix the problems they endured on day one and make it an overall stronger day where it counts.
“It was a difficult day out there. This circuit is a tough one and we had a few challenges that we tried to work through today,” he said. “We've clearly still got lots of work to do ahead of qualifying, but Valtteri's time in FP2 looked promising, so there is obviously pace in the car, which is encouraging. Now it's just a case of getting our heads together tonight to work out exactly how to extract that pace across the entire weekend.”
