Lewis Hamilton fears Red Bull’s dominant 2023 F1 car won't hit ‘plateau’
Red Bu💞ll have made a flying start to 2023 by winning the opening three races of the season, recording one-two finishes in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
Their RB19 challenger has been the class of the field and despite their penalty for breaching the168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: F1 cost cap in 2021, Red Bull have shown little sign of slowing downꦐ so farꦬ.
Hamilton claimed Mercedes’ first podium of the season at the Australian Grand Prix as he finished second to his great rival 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, wh🍌o at times was lapping a second quicker than the rest of the fiel🦩d.
Although Hamilton acknowleged Red Bull’s performance could hit a plateau, the seven-time world champion would not be surprised to see the reigning world champions continuღe to find improvements.&nb🥀sp;
"I'm aware that it could take a long time to catch a car. If you look at the Red Bull, it's ju💫st going to continue to evolve most likely," Hamilton said.
"Although some cars do plateau in terms of performance, when you ꦆget to some point, it can't just keep going. But maybe it can🙈.
"They've got a great team around them, so I'm sure they🔥'll continue to add downforce.
"We've got to make sure when we do make the change, hopefully the job isn't too far and it's going to take us the🎶 rest of the year for sure to potentially cl🔴ose that gap.”
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has revealed his team are 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:planning to bringꦅ “consistent” upgrades for their troubled W14 in the ꦺcoming races as th🍸ey strive to cut their deficit to Red Bull.
Despite Wolff warning there will be “no magic bullet that transforms the car”, Hamilton remains optimi💟stic about Mercedes’ development capabilities.
"There's a part of me that's just hopeful that we find the trick and we're straight onto the right track that's not far away from the o꧑thers," he said.
"We've shown in the past that we can develop quickly, and I hope that that's the case as the potent🐼ial of the car opens up.
"The guys can go full steam ahead in that direction. I'm grateful that they are open ♒to making a shift and not being stuck with what we have.🥃"
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