‘No set-up makes this car a Ferrari or Red Bull' - Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes team ahead of British Grand Prix

Mercedes’ hopes of claiming a victory at the British Grand Prix look slim after a team engineer admitted that no change to the set-up of the car will put them on a par with Ferrari or Red Bull. Lewis Hamilton took third in Canada last weekend to score his second podium of the season and his first since the opening race.

Ad/> The result sparked faint hopes that the seven-time world champion could compete to win his home race at Silverstone on 3 July, but the comments of a Mercedes engineer suggest otherwise. Formula 1Stewart: Hamilton should retire and work in fashion industryA DAY AGO German outlet Auto Motor und Sport spoke to an unnamed engineer, who said: «Our performance at the moment only depends on the set-up.

“But no set-up in the world makes a Red Bull or Ferrari out of this car.” Hamilton currently sits in sixth place in the driver’s standings with 77 points, 98 points behind leader Max Verstappen’s 175. Stewart: Hamilton should retire and work in fashion industry Gasly extends AlphaTauri contract to 2023 ‘I almost stopped, it was so close’ – Bottas claims he nearly quit F1 after racing with Hamilton His team-mate George Russell, in his maiden season as a Mercedes driver, is fourth with 111 points, while his team is lagging behind Red Bull and Ferrari in the constructor’s standings.

Mechanical problems have plagued Mercedes all season, and they lack the pace of the two frontrunners. But Hamilton was hopeful of a turnaround after finishing on the podium in Montreal, with Russell behind him in fourth.

»It has given me a lot of hope there is more to come from this car, that the potential is truly there if we can get the set-up right," Hamilton said. /> But the engineers don’t sound as confident that things will