Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes is 'a long way off'.
Although the team eventually rallied to win a race, the 2022 was a disaster by Mercedes AMG F1 standards. Last season's car, the W13, had major problems with porpoising and could not match either Ferrari or Red Bull on pace during the season's early races.
Hamilton spoke to the media after today's two practice sessions for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. In those sessions,the car was"a long way off" what Red Bull was capable of, noting that Verstappen's team were"a second a lap faster" in comparable long runs. That backs up the results from those sessions, where Hamilton and teammate George Russell did not impress.
These early worries do not mean Mercedes is already done for the season. These quotes are traditional at the start of any season, an exercise in expectation management that leaves teams with room to improve. Even drivers from overperforming teams like Aston Martin willin post-testing quotes.
In the coming weeks and months, Mercedes will need to either find a way to win with what they have or abandon it for a concept in the vein of what Red Bull won with last season. If they fail to do either, their hopes of winning the driver's and constructor's championships will disappear just a handful of races into the season.
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