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Lewis Hamilton
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Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton currently stands second in the points tally after his rival Sebastian Vettel took two back to back victories in Australia and Bahrain. Ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix, Hamilton was very subtle saying that it was misfortune for the Mercedes that led to Ferrari winning the season opener in Australia, instead of Ferrari doing a better job.
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“I don’t feel that Ferrari did a better job in Australia, that would be unfair to say, because we outperformed them all weekend, it was just one little thing that tipped it over and sometimes you get lucky,” he said.
“That was very much a fortunate scenario for them, but they capitalised on it.
“The next race they did the job, but they didn’t do the whole job, it was only on one car [that finished ahead].
“The full package is getting a one-two, and neither of us have done that.
“You can’t they they are perfect, and neither are we, but it is very close between us, and it’s going to be interesting to see how we perform from track to track.
“They’ve really picked up their engine programme, it’s really taken a big step into this season.”
Hamilton issued a warning to Mercedes as well. We arrived with our A-game in Australia and didn’t finish on our A-game,” he said.
“Then in the last one we performed well, but we were on the back foot with the penalty I had taken. Ferrari just outperformed us throughout the whole weekend.
“The A-game applies to everything across the board, and there are so many things that keep the board afloat.
“It’s like a table with four legs – if two of those legs aren’t there, then the table falls over.”
He also spoke of Red Bull and how the team was underperforming compared to the form they showcased during the pre-season testing.
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“The team has the potential to win races,”
“In testing they looked a lot faster than they have done in the last two races.
“But so far they are not operating on the same level as Ferrari or Mercedes. Ferrari have almost been flawless, and we are working on being flawless.”
