Hamilton says Mercedes team needs new car update to catch Verstappen
Sep.7 - Lewis Hamilton has followed hot on the heels of title rival Max Verstappen's similar request for a faster car.
With the all-new 2022 rules now looming, most Formula 1 teams are almost exclusively focused on designing their cars for next year.
However, as he fell back behind Red Bull's Verstappen in the drivers' championship at Zandvoort, Mercedes' Hamilton is now calling for another upgrade.
"Red Bull had an update in Belgium but we haven't had one since Silverstone," he said.
The seven time world champion dismissed suggestions that it was Mercedes' poor race strategy rather than a slower car that cost him the Dutch F1 GP win.
"It wasn't perfect, but we weren't the fastest there either," said Hamilton. "We just didn't do the best job.
"They are a bit ahead of us in terms of performance. They were simply faster.
"So we have to do something to keep up with them," he is quoted by RTL. "We need more speed to be able to win races in the future."
Indeed, Verstappen has been on pole for six of the last seven grands prix, and the Dutchman has seven wins in 2021 under his belt - three more than Hamilton.
"They haven't been this fast all year," Hamilton said after Zandvoort. "So we have work to do."
However, Mercedes is expecting to be naturally better at high-speed Monza this weekend.
"We have to see how we go at Monza," Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko admitted.
"It is a circuit that has never suited us. But in this form, I do believe we can be up there too."
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The speed is there, 1/10th in quali so whats the issue, it appears lewis is now admitting the fastest car wins , ummmm, so thats why he won a lot of races ahhhhh right , yes yes yes of course hes a good racing driver , but its so much much easier in the fastest car, now lewis likes to play games, well we will see , imola very fast straights should suit the mercs really., and also if RB had an update, it would just have been minor aero anyway
But i noticed some odd wording about GR contract off another site
Bottas is joining Alfa Romeo for 2022, freeing up the seat alongside Lewis Hamilton with Russell putting pen to paper on a deal that initially says “from the 2022 season”.
why INITIALLY....? , maybe im reading to much into it
Sir Lewis: "We need more speed to be able to win races in the future."
Yeah, maybe new boots with a heavier right sole.
Jost , this is Toto, yes Toto , tell out boy to give Lewis tow on the straight during Quali will you, we've asked Valtteri but he wasn't to keen on it
Chuckle brothers are going into overdrive I see
f1 your back awwwww we have missed you xx
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