Lewis Hamilton keen to avoid 'silly' Ferrari error after Mexico practice 'surprise'

Lewis Hamilton is keen for Ferrari to avoid making "silly decisions" after a "surprising practice at the Mexican GP. 

Stepping out for FP1 for Antonio Fuoco, Hamilton returned for FP2, and was able to post the fifth-fastest time, 0.300s slower than pace-setter Max Verstappen. 

With the low grip conditions in Mexico City, Hamilton has explained after his running that the session was "not disastrous" for the Scuderia and wanted to make sure "silly" errors were avoided whilst analysing the data ahead of Free Practice 3.

"I am surprised how relatively close we are, given how not great it felt," reflected Hamilton.

"Every time you come here, the grip is low because of the altitude, and we're all running pretty high downforce, but it feels lower than Monza, so you're sliding around trying to find grip, but it is just not there.

It wasn't disastrous but the car was sliding around a lot, so the balance is very open, and I've got a lot of work to try and figure out how to find a more streamlined balance.

"There is a danger of [making the car worse], but I don't think you can make it worse, and I'd be really surprised if it is worse - we won't obviously be silly with the decisions.

"We'll look through the data and then try to come up with some new plans, but I definitely don't want to erase what we had. 

"The race, long run balance wasn't disastrous, but we just need to get more from the tyres, and I know there's more pace in the car."