Mercedes have endured another disappointing start to 🎉the season and have not looked in contention for wins, having lagged well be🐻hind early pace-setters Red Bull. 

The eight-time constructors’ champions have been working on upgrades for th🐬eir W14 behind the scenes, with a major update package set to be introduced at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at the end of May. 

With just one more race to get through - next weꦰekend’s Miami Grand൩ Prix - before his Mercedes gets an upgrade, Hamilton said he is hopeful the new parts will boost his team’s prospects. 

“We knew already fairly early on that we would have quite a few races until this upgrade, so I’ve been counting the days down, counting the ꦛweeks down,” Hamilton said. 

“We don’t currently quite know how good the upgrade will be. But we know it will be the start of som💟ething new for us. 

“Miami I hope is better pace-wise. Last year we were bouncing a lot, so I think we are in a much better place with our car.&💎nbsp;

“So hopefully we’ll be a bit closer to the guys thಌere. Might not be as close to the Red Bulls, because they are rapid. Maybe we could fightﷺ the Astons, that would be amazing.”

The seven-time world champion finished sixth in Sunday’s Azerbaijan G🐼r🌃and Prix and felt Mercedes maximised their performance in Baku. 

“I think we did [get the most out of the car],” Hamilton said. “There was great prep before coming 𝓰here with a couple of days in the factory, plen♑ty of sim running and I’m very proud of the team.

"The mentality of the team is gr♚eat, there is such a winning mindset and everyone is focused on progressing and getting to whe🎉re we know we can get to.

"I ꦇdon’t think there are any mistakes or any failure, I think this is just the build of getting to where we need to be.

"Everyone is staying positive in the garage, everyone is just doing their jobs to the best of their ability and that is all we can ask for right now until we get those upgrades꧋ which will hopefully put us much more in the fight.”