- Driver offers another blunt critique of performance
- Former F1 champion placed fifth in first two races of 2023
Lewis Hamilton has conceded it may take Mercedes the entirety of the 2023 Formula One season to close the gap to front-runners Red Bull, all but writing off his team’s chances of even competing for a win.
The seven-time champion was blunt in admitting how far off the pace his team are and, despite an expected change in the design of the Mercedes car, did not anticipate catching Red Bull.