Lewis Hamilton Issues Bleak Verdict on Potential ‘Progression’ Despite Mercedes Showing Optimism About the “Unknown”

The fastest and most advanced cars in the world, driven around at speeds of around 250mph, there’s a reason we say life in Formula 1 moves fast. Every hundredth of a second counts in the world of F1 and the current qualifying stats show exactly that. There is only a second’s difference between the fastest car and the cut qualifying cut-off. However, gaining that second in F1 is no child’s play. Sadly for Lewis Hamilton, that is exactly what he has to do to get close to challenging the front runners. Despite staying hopeful, Hamilton painted a bleak future for his team.

The Brackley-based outfit is still struggling to get their ducks in order in terms of race pace and performance. The Miami GP qualifying was especially disastrous. However, Hamilton managed to rescue the team with an incredible drive climbing up to P6. Despite the positive result, the team needs to make massive leaps to get to the top.

In fact, what Mercedes needs to do is never unheard of in the world of F1. Hamilton communicated this bleak message after the race in Miami as quoted by a trusted source on Twitter. 

Talking about the issue, Hamilton said, “It is an unknown. It’s not like I’m going to gain seconds, which is what I need. But it’s something! It is a step in the right direction for us to start progressing.” (Translated by Google)

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However, despite Hamilton’s high expectations, the team will be stuck behind the vastly superior machinery of Red Bull. This is the belief in the Mercedes camp as well.

Lewis Hamilton will be stuck behind his chief rivals despite higher ambitions

The rivalry between Red Bull and Mercedes peaked in 2021 but hasn’t delivered the same excitement since. It’s largely due to the misinterpretation of the new regulation by the team back in Brackley. However, in 2023 as well, much to Hamilton’s dismay, the team will be stuck behind Red Bull fighting the likes of Ferrari and Aston Martin.

The rare performance against Red Bull in Australia led Mercedes engineer James Allison to reveal, “I think the biggest change in Australia was that Red Bull was in a little bit worse shape than the rest of the field in qualifying, and that closed the field a little bit. We expected to be in the battle with Ferrari and Aston Martin And we’re glad we’re one step ahead.“

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With Hamilton’s future still uncertain, Mercedes cannot keep operating at this sub-par level. We wonder if we will see Mercedes make this massive leap toward the front or will Hamilton call it quits with the team first?