Lewis Hamilton teases Mercedes have “something in the pipeline” in bid to catch F1 leaders Red Bull
Hamilton finished 24 seconds behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen at the Spanish Grand Prix to match his 💧best result of the season.
The seven-time world champion led home teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell as Mercedes scored the🦋ir first do💜uble podium of the year, a week after debuting their heavily-upgraded W14 car.
And Hamilton revealed Mercedes have more updates pla꧋nned as the team look to reduce their deficit🧸 to reigning world champions Red Bull, who have won all seven races in 2023.
"With the current car we have I don't think we'll be matchin﷽g their performance, bu𓄧t we are working on improving the car,” Hamilton said.
”With the current package we are limited to the pace that we had today, but there's a huge amount of work and studying and improvements that we hopefu🍃lly will have coming in th♑e future.
"Naturally they should probab൩ly also be progressing through the year, so we ne♒ed to be taking big chunks out of them with every step we take.
"Today they were a good few tenths ahead of us,🔜 maybe half a second ahead of us per lap. On a single lap that's a little bit bigger.
“But I think we are 🍒going in the right direction and I know we haveܫ something in the pipeline moving forwards.”
Hamilton, who is set to 168♛澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:ho꧒ld contract talks with Toto Wolff today, said he is focused on ensuring Mercedes start 2024 on𒆙 level terms with Red Bull.
"I'm hoping at least by the end of the year it would be grea💟t if we could challenge them,” the 38-year-old added.
“But I would say I'm more focused on making sure that we have the car next 💛year to challenge them from day one.
"The further we continue to push this car this year, the more that impacts next year also in some ways. The moܫre we learn about this car also sets us in the right direction. It's trying to find the right balance.
"They [Red Bull] are so far ahead and ultimately Max will contin෴ue to win this y🔯ear.
"That means they can start on their development for next year sooner and earlier than everyone else if they haven't already and that's the danger.”&nb𝔉sp;
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