Lewis Hamilton did not end the 2023 F1 World Championship happily. The English driver found himself overtaken by a smarter Fernando Alonso in their hand-to-hand battle on the track, with a slower car on the straight, and finished. the last race of the year in 9th position, far behind his teammate George Russell, who was 3rd. The Englishman, who finished third in the Drivers’ World Championship behind the two Red Bulls, hopes the Mercedes team can take the decisive step forward it needs to fight Verstappen again for wins in 2024. However, it’s like an I. hope it becomes a reality. Lewis, after the Abu Dhabi GP, did not want to discuss his fight with Fernando, but he had clear words about what he expects from Red Bull and Verstappen in 2024.
Lewis emphasized that Max Verstappen could end the year 2023 with a peaceful victory in the Abu Dhabi GP with 17.9 seconds ahead of the second classified.Charles Leclerc, and 20″3 compared to George Russell. This, considering that Red Bull decided to stop developing its car in the middle of the year to focus the shortest time allowed on the wind tunnel and CFD simulation for next year’s car production, is something that scares its rivals.
“Red Bull won by 17 seconds and they haven’t touched the car since August or July, so I guess where they will be next year.”declared the British in front of the international press.
Horner warned weeks ago
With the car unimproved since mid-course, Max was able to crush his rivals in the final round. And on top of that, they made sure to start building the 2024 car before everyone else, something that could give them a head start for next year. More.
In fact, Red Bull’s Team Principal, Christian Horner, had already sent a stark notice earlier this month with similar reflections.
“The opposition is constantly moving behind us. And of course we have to remember that since the summer holidays we have added very little performance to the car, if anything,” recalled Christian Horner a few races ago.highlights that “With the wind tunnel restrictions we have (due to their penalty for exceeding the 2021 budget ceiling), we chose to use the time on the RB20 in the next car year (2024), rather than continue development on RB19”.
Clear and concise notice. They have been preparing for a long time to defend themselves against the evolution of other teams with cars for next year. They want to continue to lead and for Max to continue to win unopposed.
Source: La Verdad
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