Hamilton had the edge over Russell, particularly on race day in F1 2023, finishing five places ahead of him in the final ch🐈ampionship standings.

How👍ever🐓, in qualifying, the pair were evenly matched, with the head-to-head equal at 11-11. 

Mercedes 🥀ultimately went winless for the first time since 2011 as Red Bull won 21 of the 22 races.

Herbert, who won three F1 races during his impressive career, believes Mer♏cedes are still capable of🍷 producing a world championship-winning machine.

“But I still think there are enough clever people at Mercedes to be able to produce a car that can actually win races and win a world cham💧pionship, yes, absolutely,” he told .

“Potentially, the guy that’s going to 🐎make it difficult if they get those ingredients altogether is George. 

“I think George will probably be the one that may, where it might slip away, b🧸ecause George,✤ I think is more than capable of being able to lead a team and has enough willpower, mental capacity, to absorb all the pressures that come when you win races and are nearer to a world championship. 

“So I think he could be the one that maybe stops that eighth, but I think overall he’s still got the ꦯdrive, that’s for sure, Lewis.”