Former F1 Driver Predicts a Much Harder Season for Lewis Hamilton Compared to….
The 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve even believes that the German Team can’t fight for the championship at the moment. The former F1 driver said, “We can say that competing for the prizes is no longer an option for Mercedes. George Russell can still handle the car to some degree. Maybe that’s because of his years at Williams where he also had to drive a difficult car.”
Former F1 Driver Predicts a Much Harder Season for Lewis Hamilton Compared to….
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“But Lewis Hamilton is not coping at all. He’s always had a perfect car, he never had to push because they were so much faster. In the race yesterday he did alright, but on Saturday he was nowhere to be seen.”
Villeneuve further continued, “The car does not seem to suit his driving style at the moment. You can make an engine stronger, but you can’t get extra horsepower that easily, and if the chassis won’t cooperate you have a problem.”
The seven-time world champion couldn’t win a race so far. Meanwhile, rival Max Verstappen won the Saudi Arabian GP last week. Although the Brit did get a podium in the season-opener in Bahrain thanks to both Red Bull cars retiring.
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The Mercedes duo are not able to tame their 2022 challenger. They both are experiencing a lot of bouncing in the car. Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin did mention that the W13 would bring some major upgrades in the next few races. But team principal Toto Wolff rejected those statements by Shovlin and instead claimed that the German constructors will take more time to get back to the front.
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