Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes ‘will take a year’ to potentially close the gap on Red Bull ahead of Australian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton believes it will “take a year” for Mercedes to potentially close the gap and compete with Red Bull again. Hamilton has endured a challenging start to the season for a second successive campaign, and his Mercedes team are in the process of redesigning their car. Ad He has recently opened up on the troubles he has been facing with the new W14 car in the opening two races, and how he feels uncomfortable with the positioning of the cockpit.

Formula 1'I'll make sure of it' — Hamilton aims to improve diversity in Formula 1 in all roles25/03/2023 AT 17:26 Ahead of Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, the seven-time World Champion gave an honest verdict on Mercedes' chances of challenging Red Bull this season. «It is going to take us the rest of the year to potentially close that gap,” he told the media on Thursday. „If you look at the Red Bull, it is just going to continue to evolve most likely.

“Some cars do plateau in terms of performance. At some point it can't just keep going. But maybe it can.

They have a great team around them and I am sure they will continue to add downforce. »We just have to make sure when we do make the change hopefully the drop isn't too far and hopefully it is going to take us the rest of the year for sure to potentially close that gap." Red Bull have enjoyed a dominant start to the F1 season after Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez’s one-two finishes in both the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix. Hamilton’s team-mate, George Russell, added: «I am not going to say we are terribly optimistic.