Lewis Hamilton confident of ending long wait for Grand Prix victory - ‘We’re definitely getting closer’

Lewis Hamilton is confident of ending a long wait for a Grand Prix victory and believes Mercedes will make a resurgence in form next year. The seven-time world champion has not tasted success since the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in 2021, but says the focus has now shifted to 2024 and closing the gap on Red Bull. Ad «We're definitely getting closer,” said Hamilton in quotes published by Sky Sports.

Canadian Grand PrixVerstappen takes pole in wet and wild Canadian GP qualifying as Hulkenberg grabs stunning second17/06/2023 AT 21:50 “It's going to be a battle of development, I guess, over the rest of the season. I reckon Max's team are already working on next year's car, so we need to take our eye a little bit off the ball and focus on next year also but yeah, happy to be up there. »In truth, it doesn't feel a huge difference to the beginning of the year.

There are some elements of the car which do feel different and obviously with the upgrade, but it's just simply about having a little bit more downforce on the car. «But the characteristics of the car are very, very similar to what we had earlier on in the year. For next year's car, you need to take a lot of these different things off and change them for sure.