- Mercedes driver is 19 points behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen
- Team principal Wolff: ‘There’s four races to go, four wins to take’
Mercedes believe they still have a chance of securing Lewis Hamilton’s eighth world championship and have vowed to keep fighting. The team principal, Toto Wolff, said the title can still be won despite Hamilton’s rival Max Verstappen opening a significant lead after his win at the Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday.
Red Bull’s Verstappen dominated completely at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, winning by 16 seconds and solidly beating Hamilton into second place. In doing so, the Dutchman extended his lead in the championship to 19 points with just four races remaining. Hamilton conceded afterwards that Mercedes could not match the pace of the Red Bull and stressed that they had to find more speed if he was to have any chance of narrowing the gap.