lewis hamilton he came second at the Australian Grand Prix. Behind of max verstappen and ahead of Aston Martin by Fernando Alonso. Keeping pace with the Spaniard at all times, who was never less than a second away from entering the DRS zone.
Mercedes has not yet implemented that plan that they proposed at the beginning of the season, when Toto Wolff He pointed out that they were working on a new concept for the W14. A concept that asks George Russell.
Hamilton climbed the podium, but still Russell believes that they must change, that “it is necessary”. The young Englishman had to abandon the test due to reliability problems in his engine.
This he expressed at the exit of Albert Park: “Definitely, it is still necessary. The advances that we are seeing in the wind tunnel at the moment are going to provide good performance, and the fact is that We’re here to win.”
He assures that his objective is to win and not be behind Red Bull: “Our fight is with Red Bull and, agreed, we may have been faster than Ferrari and Aston Martin at the weekend, but we are still a long way from what what we want to be.”
Mercedes is third in the constructors’ championship with 56 points, eleven less than Aston Martin. Red Bull He is a very prominent leader with 123 points and the three victories of the three races that have been held.
In the drivers’ championship, Hamilton is fourth, 38 points, seven behind Alonso. Too far behind Verstappen, at 31 points. The Dutchman is the great favorite and a lot will have to change things so that he does not win his third World Cup. Only his partner Sergio Perezcould become his rival.
