Hamilton plans ‘a lot of calls’ to ‘rally up’ Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton intends on rallying the troops in the coming days, as Mercedes need to improve “now, not in two or three races”.

Mercedes matched their best result of the season at the Australian Grand Prix when George Russell finished on the podium with Hamilton in fourth place.

The Brackley squad’s drivers though were by no means in the fight for the victory, Russell some 25 seconds off the pace despite his P3 result.

Mercedes’ W13 is proving to be a “viper” of a car, that’s according to Hamilton, the car suffering with severe porpoising that means the team is unable to run it as low to the ground as they’d like. That is costing them downforce, and ultimately lap time.

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Hamilton intends on spending the time between Melbourne and Imola encouraging everyone at the team, from the team in the factory to the big bosses and even the sponsors.

“There’s a lot of work, and there’ll be a lot of calls, naturally,” he said as per motorsport.com. “I’m on a lot of Zoom calls with all the sponsors and our bosses, really trying to rally them up.

“We’ve got some improvements that we need to make. And we need everyone’s support in doing so, in just making sure we leave no stone unturned.

“It’s in making sure the hunger is really there and we’re maximising absolutely every moment.”

Heads down for the next round. Thanks for the love, Australia pic.twitter.com/JjgOPdM7hq

— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton) April