Lewis Hamilton does not have his best season aboard the Mercedes. The car is no longer as competitive as it was a few seasons ago and the Briton’s performance has been reduced by his complications during the harvest. good results in the rankings.
You don’t have to go back far to remember the last time this happened to the British. In the past Las Vegas Grand Prixin which, for some strange reason, the Mercedes they were the fastesta misclassification of Hamilton This robbed him of power and he ended up competing for victory with teammate George Russell.
During qualifying for the Qatar GP sprint, Hamilton set the seventh fastest time but the seven-time world champion sent a rather defeatist message at the end of the session: “As in all qualifying, it didn’t go very well. went well. I’m just slow and the same every weekend. So yes, the car was relatively good. No, there is no problem, and there really isn’t much to say“.
He Mercedes will surely continue its good momentum in Qatar and this is what makes Hamilton such a harsh critic: “I’m definitely not fast anymore.“Hamilton admits the problem is with him and not the car. The Briton struggles to feel comfortable with the car as he has less and less left until he arrives at Ferrari be a reality.
