Despite the refusal of Carlos Sainz and Ferrari to consider themselves favorites, Mercedes is very clear about it and considers that the Italian team is the most competitive at the moment.
Carlos Sainz he made a joke of George Russell’s statements about Ferrari, a team he pointed out as the favorite at the moment.
The pilot from Madrid affirmed that since Mercedes are playing the same game of each year, showing themselves to be vulnerable when in reality they have a lot of room for improvement and a competitiveness that ends up being unattainable for the rest.
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However, Lewis Hamilton He also wanted to respond to Carlos Sainz, pointing out that the clearly visible behavior problems of the Mercedes W13 cannot be simulated.
“We would be very, very, very good if we made these oversteering and erratic driving mistakes just to hide our cards! That is not the case, ”says the seven-time world champion. “We have things that we are trying to overcome. Others are suffering less. Who knows, maybe by the time we get to next week we’ll have a better understanding (of the car).
wind and pouring
Through the retransmission of the tests we have been able to verify that the Mercedes W13 behaves in a very unstable way, also suffering a pouring very accused that even forced Hamilton to lift his foot on the straight on a few occasions.
“The wind and the pouring These are the two main obstacles I have faced today»Lewis Hamilton confirmed after getting out of the car. “The latter has even been worse than in Barcelona. We’re working on a lot of different scenarios, trying to figure out how to keep downforce and not make the car bounce.”
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“I think probably the rest are in a similar situation. Some have managed to avoid it in a better way. It’s hard. This circuit is bumpy, it’s slippery, it’s sandy. In the morning it is too hot. In the afternoon there is a gusty wind », he points out, concerned.
“You can see it on the cameras on board, the car wobbles left and right. The car is not very happy at the moment, but we are trying to tame it. (If the race was now) I think Ferrari, from what I can see today, would probably get a one-two. Or maybe Red Bull. Who knows?” concludes Lewis Hamilton.
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