Lewis Hamilton concerned about the control of Red Bull vehicles

The British Formula 1 driver and main star of the Mercedes Benz team, Lewis Hamilton, is already thinking about what his participation will be for the 2024 season of the premier category of world motorsport after his renewal with the team with which he won the seven world titles; Despite his history, the rider left his followers worried due to the great dominance shown by Max Verstappen and especially Red Bull throughout 2023.

Lewis Hamilton expressed his concern about the impressive advantage that Red Bull achieved throughout this last year by being crowned victorious in each of the Formula 1 Grand Prix with the exception of the race won by Ferrari team driver Carlos Sainz. , at the Singapore Grand Prix; This fact is somewhat surprising because he never offered this type of statement when he was the one who had the most dominant car in the world championship.

“Red Bull hasn’t even developed its car since August; It is definitely a concern,” said Hamilton, referring to the fact that the Austrian team did not make any type of improvement to the vehicles driven by Max Verstappen and Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez since last August; This fact is quite surprising because it demonstrates the high level of the cars and especially the advantage they have over the rest of the teams that are part of Formula 1.

“When we won world championships, we could stop early and start developing the following year’s car, so we always had an advantage,” explained the English racer when referring to Red Bull’s extensive dominance prior to the Abu Dhabi race held this year. weekend and in which Verstappen once again took the victory by taking a lead greater than 17 seconds over his closest competitor.

“That’s why I’ve argued that we should probably find a way to stop that inertia so it doesn’t keep happening decade after decade. You have Ferrari who won for a period of time and then Mercedes. Now Red Bull has had its era. They could extend their dominance until 2026. That’s what it means to be so far ahead. Unless other teams find the key, this will continue like this. Hopefully, we will realize the path forward and close that gap,” he added.

This future is made more complicated for Hamilton because the current champions of motorsport’s premier class will not be affected this year by the $7 million penalty for exceeding the budget limit. However, they replaced this fine with the payment of almost $8 million dollars to register for 2024, an amount that increases or decreases depending on the points obtained.

So far the only certainty is that Max Verstappen will remain the favorite candidate to win the new Formula 1 title and alongside him will be the Mexican driver Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez, who could compete in his last season within the Austrian organization later. of the constant rumors throughout this year about his possible replacement.

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