F1 pundit claims Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes will challenge Max Verstappen’s Red Bull from the start of the 2024 season

Mercedes has been showing great improvements in recent races by closing the gap to Red Bull.

F1 pundit claims Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes will challenge Max Verstappen’s Red Bull from the start of the 2024 season

George Russell, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton (Via IMAGO)

Lewis Hamilton scored an impressive P2 finish at the recent US GP on Sunday, but unfortunately, he was disqualified for failing the post-race inspection. But despite the final result, it was a race lot of positives for Mercedes. He could’ve won the race against Max Verstappen without a poor pit strategy. Now, Ex-F1 driver Timo Glock has come forth, claiming that the team will be challenging Red Bull from the start of the 2024 season.

Glock pointed out that finally understands the direction things need to go. They seem to have found a solution after two years of underwhelming car development. He highlighted that Both W14 and McLaren’s McL60 have gotten more reminiscent of Red Bull’s RB19.

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I think the car is simply more reminiscent of the Red Bull and McLaren. It was clear to see that things are moving more and more in the right direction—even now with the update, which worked very well for Lewis Hamilton.

Glock said, as reported by Crash.net.

Glock trusted Mercedes’ development crew and said they had learned enough to create a car capable of competing with Red Bull next year. He is ‘excited’ about the next season’s competition.

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Toto Wolff and Mick Schumacher have recently given updates on W15

Toto Wolff, the team boss, commented on the development of W15 for the next season. He said that the team is going back to basics with the car and that they are going to bring about a lot of changes to the car. He also added that the car building will be about solid engineering and not technical sophistication like this year.

Mick Schumacher (Via IMAGO)
Mick Schumacher (Via IMAGO)

Mercedes reserve driver Mick Schumacher also displayed positivity about the W15. He talked about how Mercedes keeps bringing updates to the current W14 to gain crucial information necessary for the development of the W15. Schumacher also spent much time on the simulator to gain information for the underdeveloped W15.

Andrew Shovlin, a trackside engineer at Mercedes, also commented on the W15. He added that Mercedes is currently initiating multiple projects for the W15, and the success of the car’s development depends on these projects. But the development crew at Mercedes hopes to create a car that will propel the team to the forefront of the championship.

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