![]() ![]() "I think we've seen it in a number of seasons now at Mercedes, just how well the team develops a car throughout a season," he said. His response interestingly focused on the way that the spread-out start to the F1 season, with the massive gap between Australia and Baku, meant there was plenty of time to recover before the campaign got far into its stride. Hopefully it will be close and hopefully have the potential to close the gap early on in the season."Īutosport asked Russell about the rumours of not-too-positive windtunnel figures, and the early-season change of sidepod design pointing to some doubts about the launch spec car. More of the approach of: 'we perhaps won't be the fastest out of the gate, but we have the potential to close'. "So, I think this year everyone is a lot more grounded. "We had big upgrades coming and I was like 'right, we're going to be coming to hit hard,' but, obviously, it was a shock to all of us. "The conversations we've had, I think last year definitely… I was bullish because they were bullish," he said. The mood within Mercedes is definitely different to 12 months ago, and Hamilton said his own feelings about the car are heavily influenced by what his engineers are saying. Wolff was specifically asked about his use of the word "eventually", and whether there was genuine worry about not starting the season in as good a shape as possible. So, that's what we'll try and do this year." And I think we showed last year that, whatever we're faced with, we can recover. ![]() "Hopefully, we hit the ground running, but it's not always the case. I know that whatever we're faced with, we have the best team to deal with whatever we come across. ![]() "I wouldn't say I'm bullish like I was last year," he said about his thoughts for the season ahead. In fact, Hamilton already appeared to be mindful of the ability of the team to recover. That sounds almost like the team accepted it was not capable of fighting at the very front right now.įor all the bullishness that both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell showed about their own personal fitness and mental strength ahead of 2023, their chatter about car performance was especially toned down too. ![]()
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