Lewis Hamilton achieved its first victory in more than two years and 7 months last weekend, at the Formula 1 British GP with a Mercedes that has made huge strides forward in recent races, since the introduction of the new evolutionary package for the ‘ silver arrow’.
The car of Brackley He is not in the fight for the pole at Red Bull Ring, two races ago, or for victory, even with good race pace. And at Silverstone the team was surprised with a double in qualifying, took the first row, even though it was true that Verstappen had a broken car. And the next day, Mercedes He showed better speed than the McLaren in the dry in a race in which Lewis won. Mercedes has improved tremendously and seems to have joined the fight for everyone McLaren and Verstappenthe only driver to fight that Red Bull for the poles and win.
Therefore, in Lewis Hamilton was asked at the press conference after British GP If you thought that your car, after suffering a lot since the regulation change in 2022, has reached the level of red bull to continue to be one of the contenders for victories between now and the end of the year, before his departure from Ferrari. And there, the British took the opportunity to send a clear warning to his enemies, Max Verstappen and Lando Norrissitting next to him, what he can do Mercedes.
“I think when we started the season and we had a car that was nowhere near Red Bull, for example, it didn’t even look like we were going to win the year, which for me was like at the end of the season a bit bittersweet, where nothing you’re still like today and the fact that we all really came together, everyone did an incredible job to get the car to a place where we feel more comfortable and it’s really changing from the base of year There is still a long way to go, but the car is by no means the fastest car on the grid today. “I think we’re super close, and I hope that with the next update maybe we’ll be in an even stronger position to really be fighting on the front row more consistently.”declared Lewis Hamilton.
Mercedes, more time in the wind tunnel
Mercedes has been one of the teams that benefited the most from the change in distribution time allowed for each team to use wind tunnel and CFD simulation, something marked by regulations in an inverse proportion to the position the team occupies in the Constructors’ World Championship. After the runners-up in 2023, they saw their time allowed reduced. But the second deadline to take another reference and update the times is June 30, with Mercedes occupying 4th place.
That denial The Constructors’ World Championship in the middle of the current campaign means his available time will be rearranged and will allow him to enjoy the 10% of time he had before to continue building his car. He started the year with 75% of the total time and now he will end it with 85%something that can make a difference.
This important detail could give Mercedes more power to end the year in style. It seems the people of Brackley haven’t said the last word.
Source: La Verdad
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