Mercedes driver isn't ruling out a revival for the 2024 Formula 1 season
After two nightmare Formula 1 seasons, Sir Lewis Hamilton is confident that better things will come for Mercedes in 2024 and that they will be a step closer to the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.
In an interview with GP Racing, the British driver sees it viable to recover and get closer to the level shown by the Austrian team, who are defending double constructors’ champions.
“It’s not going to be that easy, but you have to try and take the good bits and, through trial and error, try and add other bits to improve,” Hamilton told GP Racing.
Why is Hamilton so confident about a recovery?
Given that, the seven-time Formula 1 champion is confident the Milton Keynes outfit will make a mistake in the development of the RB20 in a pursuit of perfection.
“You can imagine Red Bull are also nervous about making too big a change and it being the wrong one,” he added.
“So, we need to be week in and week out close, add better performance and make our targets higher than ever because we have a huge gap to reach. That makes it really tricky.”
The pressure on Mercedes
On the other hand, Lewis Hamilton is aware that there is no margin for error at the Brackley factory to best develop the W15.
“There is a huge amount of pressure,” he concluded.
“Ultimately, as boss, Toto Wolff has to start leaning more on people rather than going in reverse gear.
“How do you do that? Of course, it’s not easy, as people break at a certain point. So, the role he always does is to keep everyone motivated.”
It should be remembered that Lewis Hamilton is living a long drought of Formula 1 victories, the last one being at the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix; while last season, his best result were three second places in Australia, Spain and Mexico.
