Lewis Hamilton said his Mercedes team is going “backwards” after an underwhelming performance at the weekend’s season-opening Grand Prix in Bahrain.
The seven-time world champion battled to finish fifth having begun seventh on the grid, crossing the line nearly 51 seconds behind race winner Max Verstappen. Hamilton’s teammate George Russell finished in seventh to cap off a disappointing start to the 2023 Formula One season for Mercedes. Afterwards, Hamilton had an honest reaction to how his car and his team performed in contrast to others.
Hamilton expressed his joy at the thrill of the battle, but also his disappointment at the overall result. “I genuinely loved the racing. I had a great start, got Fernando in Turn 4 and I was like: ‘Oh jeez, this is a great start to the race.’ It felt like one of my better opening laps,” Hamilton said. “Then I just was sliding around. I had so much understeer at the beginning, I took so much wing out, I couldn’t get around some of the corners, and I just couldn’t keep up with the guys ahead.
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