Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes are currently “mirroring what we did last year” and still require “some real big changes” to compete with Red Bull in F1 2024.
says Mercedes are currently “mirroring what we did last year” and still require “some real big changes” to compete with Red Bull in’s dominant Red Bull at the Mexico City Grand Prix to cement Mercedes’ recent progress and put the disappointment of his Austin disqualification behind him.
But despite the improvements, Hamilton cautioned that Mercedes still have plenty of work to do in order to catch Red Bull over the winter.“I mean, last year, at the same time, we were doing the same thing, but last year, I think we were three-tenths behind Max in quali – or something like that, and I came second again but he walked off with it.
“So key is to make sure that's not the case in Bahrain , but I think hopefully these next couple of races will be close. But I’d probably put money on it that he’d get to 18, 19, with that car.”Encouragingly for Mercedes, Hamilton set the fastest lap of the race on the final tour, suggesting he had more pace in hand as he finished 13.8 seconds behind Verstappen at the chequered flag.
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