Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes still need to work on their pace in the dry conditions, but is happier with the car after his Mexico struggles.

The newly-crowned five-time World Champion was P3 in the first session, and then finished FP2 just 0.003s behind his team-mate Valtteri Bottas.

Despite having not topped either session, the Brit said that it was just a “normal day”.

“We have got through everything we wanted to,” Hamilton said.

“The car felt better than particularly, what we were feeling in Mexico.

“We still have some problems that we are still trying to work our way through and understand, but the pace does not seem too bad.

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