Lewis Hamilton admits to having major ‘concerns’ regarding Red Bull continuing its dominance in 2024

Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes ended the 2023 Formula 1 season in second place behind Red Bull.

Lewis Hamilton admits to having major ‘concerns’ regarding Red Bull continuing its dominance in 2024

Christian Horner, Max Verstappen, and Lewis Hamilton (via Imago)

The 2023 Formula 1 season came to an end last night and the talking point at the end of it has been the level of dominance of the Red Bull F1 team. They did not bring any updates to their RB19 since the Dutch GP and despite this, proved too mighty for the rivals. Keeping this in view, the former 7-time world champion, Lewis Hamilton is extremely concerned regarding 2024.

Max Verstappen and Co. won 21 of the 23 races that took place during the recently concluded 2023 Formula 1 season. in the record-breaking season Max Verstappen won an impressive nineteen of them whereas Sergio Perez, on the other hand, chipped in with important Grand Prix wins.

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Seeing the Milton-Keynes-based team’s might, Lewis Hamilton is worried about Red Bull continuing its dominance next year, and while talking about the same with Motorsport.com, he deemed it as a major ‘concern.’ He further added;

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Red Bull won by 17 seconds and have not touched the car since August. So, you can pretty much guess where they're going to be next year… I was just slow throughout the race.

Looking at the reaction of the 38-year-old, it seems that he has already started preparing himself for another tough campaign next year. Most of the top teams were stuck seeing the rear of the RB19 during this year’s campaign and Hamilton believes that all of them could be in for the same fate in 2024.

Lewis Hamilton has ended the 2023 F1 season in P3

While Lewis Hamilton has shown concern about Red Bull dominating the 2024 F1 campaign, on a personal note, the Brit had a strong season this year. Despite the unpredictable nature of the Mercedes’s W14, Hamilton was able to give Sergio Perez a run for his money.

Lewis Hamilton (Credits: racingnews365)
Lewis Hamilton (Credits: racingnews365)

Hamilton has ended the campaign in third place in the 2023 Drivers Championship and it certainly is a mighty effort. Moreover, alongside his 234 points in the season, he has also managed to score a brilliant six podium finishes. The former world champion 7-time world champion had the upper hand on his teammate for most part of 2023.

With the 2023 campaign done and dusted, the focus for Lewis Hamilton and Co. is going to be on doing a good job during the winter break and trying to come up with a title-worthy car next year. However, considering Red Bull’s level in the current era, it would be a difficult task.

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