Mercedes has endured a tricky time in Bahrain this week, with its W13 suffering from ongoing porpoising and proving to be a handful for both Hamilton and teammate George Russell.
With the German car manufacturer not yet having found an answer for its woes with just one week to go before the opening race of the season, Hamilton is downbeat about the team’s immediate prospects.
Speaking on Saturday about if the situation had already prompted some concerns about him not being in a position to fight for a championship, Hamilton said: “Obviously it’s a little bit too early to have those kind of thoughts. But at the moment, I don’t think we’ll be competing for wins.
“But there is a potential within our car to get us there. We have just got to be able to extract it and fix some of the problems, which is what we’re working on.”
While Mercedes’ Bahrain struggles appear to be similar to the difficulties it faced in the test 12 months ago, before turning things around to win the…
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