🗣️'It’s going to be tough but not impossible.' Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes 'can close that gap' to Red Bull after scoring second to Max Verstappen in F1’s heavily disrupted 2023 Australian GP ⬇️
Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes “can close that gap” to Red Bull after scoring second to Max Verstappen in Formula 1’s heavily disrupted 2023 Australian Grand Prix.The seven-time world champion climbed from third on the grid to lead in the early stages of the race,That move handed him second at the time to leading team-mate George Russell, who then dropped to seventh as a result of pitting under a safety car that morphed into the first of three red flag stoppages.
“But still, considering we’ve been down on performance, we’re clearly down on straight [line] pace compared to the Red Bulls, for us to be up here fighting with Aston [Martin, third in Melbourne] is just amazing at this point in the season.“We just have to keep on fighting.“We can close that gap. It’s going to be tough but not impossible.”
Hamilton continued: “It’s really unlucky for George today. On our side, we’ve got to look into our reliability – it’s generally been really good.“I definitely didn’t expect to be second, so I’m super grateful for it.”
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