So there is work to be done for the world champion and Mercedes. “It must be better in all areas,” he said after the three-day race at Sakhir in Bahrain. “The car is just not fast enough.”
“I am very happy that this is over, because testing does not mean much to me. Racing, I like that, but now I would have liked to try the car for a few days longer.”
Max Verstappen and Red Bull have convinced last weekend. For Hamilton it is therefore clear: he predicts a “big and long battle” with the energetic team.
It was not doom and gloom for Mercedes either. On Saturday, Valtteri Bottas topped the best time in Bahrain.
“We also struggled in preparation for the past few seasons. We had made a lot of progress by the first race,” says Mercedes engineer Andrew Shovlin, “but now it is important to look at every detail in search of extra speed. “
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