The British driver of Mercedes thinks that the team’s continuous progress is a mistake, in 2022 there will be no chance to catch up with the pace of Red Bull and Ferrari, because their current package cannot be developed enough.
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Especially in the first half of the season, it was felt that Mercedes, the eight-time construction leader, was the worst affected by the 2022 rule changes. Although the bouncing problem was managed successfully on the basis of the other races, their lag is still significant against Red Bull and Ferrari, even though their early summer form shows a continuous improvement trend.
In the last two competition weeks, thanks to the mistakes of the rivals, the Silver Arrows were able to celebrate two podiums, which George Russell overtook Carlos Sainz in the individual world championship standings, and the team also finished 30 points ahead of Ferrari in the constructors’ points competition. On the other hand, the season-certified driver of Mercedes believes that there will be no chance of surpassing the two leading teams in terms of raw pace in the nine races before the end of the summer season.
“We definitely noticed, that’s for sure, but the one in front of us has a large car with an open roof. But I think, as a team, we are slowly getting closer, and hopefully after the spring break, we will be able to improve the car in a few areas. Of course, we won’t have an easy job, since this is everyone’s goal. – he statedin 2022, Russell will take third place. – We still believe that we can still fight for the current race, but I don’t think there will be a moment when ours will be the fastest car.”
The Hungaroring was winning for a while, but Mercedes could now get the first success of the season before the race, as Russell was able to start from the pole position, and Lewis Hamilton was also behind him for a long time in the race, but Max Verstappen won the race with a confident lead. race from tenth place.
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