At Zandvoort, Lewis Hamilton was asked to comment on the discrepancy between the ratings Mercedes engineers gave the W13 and what the drivers said after a difficult weekend in Belgium.
The team believes that the car itself is not bad, but there are a number of shortcomings that could in principle be remedied in one way or another, but Hamilton said after qualifying for Spa: “When I say goodbye at the end of the year of the W13 “I won’t talk about it for sure.” sorry.”
Before the start of the race weekend in the Netherlands, he clarified his words and also praised Adrian Newey, who once again built a great car for the Red Bull Racing team, putting Max Verstappen on his way to his second title.
“Of course the car has good qualities, there is some potential, but the problem is that we can’t always reveal it,” Lewis said on Sky Sports. – I want the car to handle all circuits equally well. For example, Red Bull’s car seems to work great on most tracks.
Our team is trying to understand what is causing the problems, and at the same time work on next year’s chassis has already started and we need to achieve such aerodynamics that it will be effective everywhere.
In this year’s car we have already changed a lot and the team agrees that this has to happen. We try to take all this into account when making a car for 2023.
When we talk about Red Bull, they have absolutely everything right with aerodynamic balance, and with ground clearance they have never had any problems overcoming the roughness of the track – in general their chassis is very stable. And this is a very good team, it can perform its tasks perfectly – this must be recognized.
Red Bull also had a great car last year, but Adrian Newey doesn’t build bad cars at all. The technology he has developed over the years is simply stunning. By the way, the car I drove in my championship debut season was also created based on one of his projects.
I also know that he had experience designing ground effect chassis in his day, so it’s no wonder the RB18 is so good. It is certainly his expertise that gives Red Bull the advantage, which is why their team is so efficient.”
Source: F1 News
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