Lewis Hamilton has vowed to push his McLaren engineers to improve the race pace of the British team’s 2012 car.<\/p>\n
The 2008 world champion put the MP4-27 on pole position for both the Australian and Malaysian grands prix, but then failed to have winning pace in the all-important races.<\/p>\n
“In qualifying we are very quick but we need to be quicker in the race,” Briton Hamilton is quoted by the Sun newspaper.\u00a0 “I don’t think we are quick enough.”<\/p>\n
F1’s next stop is in Shanghai mid next month.<\/p>\n
“We will have some upgrades for the car, I hope,” said Hamilton.\u00a0 “I will go and push the guys to see if we can get some upgrades to try and squeak ahead in the race.”<\/p>\n
He admitted to being disappointed after the two races so far this season, when the MP4-27’s qualifying promise did not power him to wins.<\/p>\n
“The main thing is I need to pick up my race pace,” Hamilton is quoted by PA Sport.<\/p>\n
“I spoke to Fernando (Alonso) and Sergio (Perez) after (the race in Malaysia) and they had lots of understeer whereas I had lots of oversteer.<\/p>\n
“Maybe I’m setting the car up too aggressively, so I might make some changes for the next two races,” he said.<\/p>\n
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