Lewis Hamilton pinpoints the significant factor that is ‘ruining’ the potential of the Mercedes W15

The seven-time world champion has given his opinion of the Mercedes W15.

Lewis Hamilton pinpoints the significant factor that is ‘ruining’ the potential of the Mercedes W15

Lewis Hamilto and Toto Wolff (via IMAGO)

As the Saudi Arabian GP is under its way, Lewis Hamilton was seen significantly struggling on Thursday. So on Friday, Hamilton moved to a larger wing, which increased stability but added time to the straights. In the first two qualifying sessions, he placed eleventh and tenth, and in the third, he finished eighth, trailing teammate George Russell.

After the launch and pre-season testing of the Mercedes W15, both drivers, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton seemed to be content with the car. However, during the Bahrain GP, they were seen struggling a bit with their cars. They had looked forward to working on them, to have a better racing weekend at the Saudi Arabian GP, but the qualifying results say otherwise. While speaking to the media after the qualifying Hamilton said,

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It wasn't a really good qualifying at all. I really struggled with the car yesterday, and then FP3 I was really much happier with the car, with a slightly bigger wing, but I was losing two-tenths in the straight.
But I gained some stability back, and I was I was much, much happier, and I thought I would carry that into qualifying. But unfortunately, the bouncing is still there.
Lewis Hamilton said via autosport.com.

According to Hamilton, the Bouncing trait of the car makes it really difficult to push through the first sector. He believes that they have a better challenger than last year, but there is still a lot of work that needs to be done. When it comes to race on Saturday he has decided to play it cool and try scoring as many points as possible.

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Lewis Hamilton has hinted that Ferrari may acquire Adrian Newey for the 2025 Formula One Championship

Red Bull’s ongoing drama, could potentially benefit the others. The controversy surrounding the Red Bull’s team principal Christian Horner, does not look like dying out any time soon. The team is currently undergoing major internal power struggles and politics. With these, there have been, a lot of speculations surrounding the team members swapping the teams shortly.

Adrian Newey, Max Verstappen, and Christian Horner
Adrian Newey, Max Verstappen, and Christian Horner

One of the names that came out and hinted at by the seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton was Adrian Newey. According to Hamilton Newey could potentially move to Ferrari in 2025. It isn’t the first time, that Newey has been linked to Ferrari.

Ferrari has been mentioned about Newey’s transfer, multiple times in the past as well. After Red Bull’s first dominating run with Sebastian Vettel ended in 2014, the Italian team came closest to signing him. Nothing is set as far as now, but with ongoing unrest at Red Bull, many possibilities open up for the future.

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