Latest news: Button names Red Bull’s most likely challenger: Hungry Hamilton

Sky F1’s Jenson Button takes a first look at the new F1 season as the chasing pack looks to overtake Red Bull.
Button was also impressed with the way Lewis Hamilton handled the situation, going without a win for the second consecutive year.
The F1 team will unveil the new car in February and will then test 4,444 cars in Bahrain. Jenson Button believes Mercedes remains the team most likely to face Red Bull in the new F1 season.
The 2009 world champion and Sky Sports F1 pundit believes the chasing pack will pose a bigger challenge for champions Red Bull in the 2024 season.
Better to duplicate.
Mercedes, which has won just one race since overhauling F1 regulations two years ago, has promised to launch a completely different car in 2024, while Ferrari is also expected to announce big changes. There is McLaren, who had the second-best points tally in the final 14 races of the season, and Aston Martin, who made big moves last winter, are also looking to further improve their performance. When asked by Sky Sports which of the four teams he thought would be most likely to face Red Bull, Button replied: If you look at the last 10 years in sports, it's Mercedes and Red Bull, so it's Mercedes. I'd say Ferrari. I'd like to have them in the team. Especially at the end of the season. You could say they were the closest competitors, but I think Mercedes will improve significantly (for 2024). I don't know if that's enough. I would like to introduce 2). His team behind the world champions are not short on top-class driver talent, and Button said: “We have some really strong driver lineups. Mercedes, you can't overtake these two. I know Lewis (Hamilton), we've been team-mates for three years, and for George (Russell) to come this close to Lewis. Is impressive. But McLaren is very strong in terms of young talent. Oscar [Piastri] has had a year and will be more consistent in the 2024 season. He clearly had a taste of greatness (in 2023), but then he just lacked consistency.
I think he got there eventually. He scored less than half as many points as Lando (Norris) (97).
vs. 205). But going into his second season, he’s really got it and I think he’ll be competitive. So these two drivers will definitely push McLaren forward a bit.
Hamilton is hungry to win again Button believes former teammate Lewis Hamilton, who turned 39 last Sunday, remains a formidable force at Mercedes.
He was in his 18th season in F1, despite not winning a race for two seasons as he fell from the top of the sport. Until 2022, Hamilton has won at least one of his races in every season he has competed in, and Button has been impressed with the way his seven-time champion handles the situation.
`When you’ve been winning for years and suddenly it’s taken away from you, it can work in two different ways,” said Button, who will return to full racing this year with the Jota Porsche team.
Told. The World Endurance Championship season is back.
First of all, just say, There’s no point anymore. I want to retire. He hasn’t won a race in two years, even though he’s been at the top for a long time. But sometimes the desire to go again increases.