Nobody understood the nature of the issue. Lewis Hamilton outlines Mercedes’s problems for 2023.
Seven-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton has explained why Mercedes had trouble early in 2023 and why his own annoyance eventually spilled over.
Mercedes did not abandon the “zero-pod” design of their cars for F1 2023, despite their struggles in 2022, the first year of these technical regulations.
Mercedes’s strong late-season performance in 2022—winning in Brazil and placing strongly in the USA and Mexico—appears to have deceived some, looking back.They had a poor start to the year, falling behind Aston Martin and staying behind Red Bull and Ferrari.
Because of this, Hamilton became irate and said that Mercedes had ignored his criticism during the winter, following the Bahrain Grand Prix to kick off the season.
Hamilton reaffirmed this in a BBC interview.
