Hamilton insists Mercedes has 'progressed a lot' this year despite the gap to Red Bull having remained largely unchanged. F1
With the upgrade fitted, Hamilton led a 2-3 result in the following Spanish GP. But Mercedes had also enjoyed a Barcelona boost in 2022 whenSince then, Hamilton has scored a brace of third places and took pole in Hungary afterlost time in Q3. But the 'supertimes' metric - which records each team's fastest lap during a race weekend - indicates Mercedes has gone from a 0.504% deficit to Red Bull to 0.502% and 0.866% .
Despite this, Hamilton has praised the"big steps" made by the team, saying:"I've been incredibly proud of everybody. Everyone has been working insanely hard. "We've been making big steps. I think the biggest step we took was when we got to Monaco and the car has really progressed a lot since then. "We have a better understanding of where to position the car. It's been a lot more consistent - podiums, top-five finishes - which has been great.
"And, generally, we've been getting solid, great reliability. So, there's lots and lots of good bits."Pinpointing where the W14 still needs to progress, Hamilton singled out a lack of downforce and balance. The latter issue he raised early in the season after feeling disconnected to the car, with the cockpit positioned noticeably further forward compared to Red Bull andHamilton continued:"The balance, we've still got to work on.
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