BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes is boosting its chances of overtaking the Formula One leaders and that the "adversity" of keeping up has brought people closer together.
The seven-time winner has only one pole position from seven races, his poorest start since 2009 when Mercedes had to modify a car that tended to jump and wobble at high speeds at the start of the year. We're getting closer now than ever to comprehend a great deal. I suppose that occurs when you're confronted with hardship, and there are plenty of benefits."
As he and teammate George Russell strive to catch title challengers Max Verstappen of Red Bull and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari, Hamilton said the improvements the team put into the Spanish Grand Prix have "given us a better direction to go in."
The car we had in Bahrain (for the first event of 2022) was at its most significant potential, and we couldn't develop it from there," he explained. "Sometimes, you have to take a quick step back to three steps ahead, and I believe we're at that phase right now." I believe it will take a few more rounds before we see us competing with Mercedes and Red Bull.
The Dutchman's tyre blew out at high speed, causing him to crash into the wall in a spectacular accident, while Leclerc began on the pole but faded to fourth due to a lack of pace. That parallels Leclerc's previous troubles, in which he has qualified first for the last three but failed to win any of them while Verstappen has passed him in the standings. The most recent race in Monaco was fierce, as Ferrari made a pit stop decision that robbed him of a chance to win on home territory.
There was much to dissect at Monaco because we made several mistakes," said Leclerc, who is nine points behind Verstappen. "What gives me hope for the future is that we figured out why we made those mistakes as a team." We must concentrate on ourselves and avoid making any other errors. And if we execute everything flawlessly, I'm confident we'll have a fantastic weekend."
Both points leader Verstappen and Leclerc had disappointing results in Azerbaijan last year.
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