Glimmer of hope for Lewis Hamilton? Senior Mercedes figure downplays “gloomy” F1 testing order
After three days of running in Bahrain, Mercedes appear to be the thir𒀰d-best team at besཧt heading into this weekend’s season-opening race.
The🅺re’s even some suggestions that they could be b♈ehind Aston Martin, who run Mercedes engines.
However, Slater has been told by a Mercedes⛄ senior figure that their form isn’t potentially as bad as it has been made out to be.
“What about Mercedes, a lot of doom and gloom in terms of the reporting oಞf how they got on this week,” Slater said on Sky Sports F1’s season preview.
“I was speaking to a senior figurꦦe from the team today who said that it was overly gloomy, theꦆ assessment of where they’re at.
“[The senior figure was] saying: ‘Don’t forget, this is testing. We are developing a car not specifically for Bahrain, but to be the best car over the year. We have more parts that come. We expected based on Red Bull’s performance last year to have to start the season behind them, that is possibly’ – and they use the te𓆏rm possibly – ‘where we will start.’
“And they also said: ‘But we do think we’re in a fight a good꧟ scrap with Aston Martin and with Ferrari for second place.’ That would put a much more🌸 positive spin on things if that is the case.
Mercedes head into F1 2023 on the back 🦹of their worst campaign in over a d🅺ecade.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell won the tꩲeam’s only race ꦡof 2022, while Hamilton was winless for the first time in his F1 career, slumping to sixth in the championship standings.
Wi🌊th a sharp eye for F1’s controversies and storylines, Connor is the heartbeat of our unbiased repor🧸ting.
