He Austrian Grand Prixhas been one of the most controversial of the season, and it is that the track limitshave supposed a problem for many pilots, including lewis hamilton. However, the issues of Mercedesthis weekend they have gone beyond the sanctions.
He rhythm of the German team’s career has been very below of the expectations raised at the beginning of the week, since it seemed that Mercedes had given a step forward and was going to be able to fight, even, for the victory.
Nothing could be further from the truth. lewis hamilton has recognized the situation of the team, assuring that they did not expect to be so far from their direct rivals. Furthermore, both pilots they have suffered a lot with the rear of the car and have not been able to find out why.
After having signed his worst result of the season, Hamilton has spoken about the performance from his W14 and assures that they have not found answers to what happened: “We didn’t expect to be so slow as we have been and our performance this weekend has been a surprise”.
“We haven’t had the best of days today. We don’t have answers yet, but this circuit has highlighted several areas where we need to improve. We didn’t have a strong rear end and I suffered a lot in some corners, especially the last one,” adds the seven-time world champion.
However, this has not only been a problem for Lewis, George Russellafter the race, complained about his car arguing that the pace of the car was “substantially worse” than planned at the beginning of the weekend.
“Definitely it doesn’t feel like we want. The car moves a lot, a little worse than on the other circuits. The pace was worse than we expected“, commented the young British pilot.
Neither Mercedes nor Aston Martin, just Red Bull
The Austrian GP race was intended to be a before and a after for the future of the competition, and so it has been. When it seemed that the gap between Red Bulland the rest could be reduced and you could dream of seeing several pilots fighting for victory, max verstappenhas made things clear.
After this victory, Red Bullha won all and each of the careers of this season. They move away, thus, in both world championships. In the absence of 13 races to end the season, the distance seems insurmountable and, barring a miracle, everything points to being a yearperfect for the energy drink brand.
