By: Luke Slater
After Friday practice in Suzuka, Lewis Hamilton said this was “the best” his current Mercedes car has felt. Even after qualifying seventh, half a second off Max Verstappen's pole time, he was positive. The W15 was the “most comfortable” it had been all season. Yet the signs of positivity were scant after the race. “In general the car just feels pretty bad,” he said after struggling to ninth at Suzuka.