Former F1 driver Anthony Davidson has explained why Mercedes have to do “double the work” to beat Red Bull next year, backing up Lewis Hamilton’s recent comments.
After the Japanese Grand Prix, Hamilton called on Mercedes to have “the greatest six months of development” after Red Bull stormed to their 15th victory of the year., they’ve struggled to close the gap to Red Bull, and risk being overtaken by McLaren.Podcast, Davidson was asked about Hamilton’s comments and what it means for Mercedes in 2024.
“You hear a level of frustration,” he said. “They’ve just seen Verstappen and Red Bull romp away with it, and destroy the competition. Straight after the race you’re a bit devastated by that but in a pragmatic way looking to improve the car in every way possible. “I think he’s aware, the team’s aware and everybody else that Red Bull have the advantage at the moment in a similar way Mercedes having an advantage before this set of regulations.
“When you’ve got that advantage and you’re winning championships, whether or not you’ve got penalties after cost caps or whatever, it’s given you such a backlog of time to carry on developing next years car you just constantly sit ahead of the competition. “They’re scrabbling to try and make headway to catch that gap and you’ve got that buffer, that margin to work on next year’s car. That’s why Lewis is alluding to the fact that we need to work harder than ever to catch that gap because they’re going to make massive gains as well and we need to catch them, not only catch what we’re behind now but potentially where they’re doing to be next year. You’ve got to almost do double the work they can.
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