Hamilton Confirms Mercedes Slower Than Aston Martin

Mercedes had hoped to recover some performance over the winter and even though they seemed to have gotten closer to Red Bull and Ferrari, they were beaten by Red Bull, Ferrari and Aston Martin in Bahrain. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has now given his honest thoughts on where Mercedes stand in the pecking order
 
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Hamilton Confirms Mercedes Slower Than Aston Martin
 
Lewis started off by speaking about the race start
 
“I genuinely loved the racing. I had a great start, got Fernando [Alonso] in Turn 4 and I was like, ‘Oh jeez, this is a great start to the race’. It felt like one of my better opening laps”
 
He then gave his honest opinion on where they stand with regards to Ferrari and Aston Martin after not being able to capitalize on that start
 
“We definitely can’t fight [Ferrari] at the moment – they were much quicker than us, as were the Astons”
 
“We’re the fourth fastest team now, as opposed to the third last year. We’re going backwards”
 
He then looked at his battle with Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz
 
“Big congratulations to Fernando and the whole Aston Martin team too. They did a great job today. It was a fun tussle we had for a moment, but he was too quick”
 
“It was close for a second with Sainz, but I couldn't hang on and he just went away in the final laps”
 
He signed off by pointing out where Mercedes need to improve
 
“We are lacking a lot of downforce, and we've got a lot of work to do to add more to the car”
 
“As soon as we put more load on the front and rear, we will be able to pick up our pace”
 
 
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Red Bull’s Sergio Perez admitted that his “start wasn’t ideal, Charles [Leclerc] was a little too aggressive, pushed me to the right and I did my best to avoid him”
 
“Charles was very strong on that new tyre and it was difficult to get through him quickly enough”
 
“I think that’s where I lost out to Max [Verstappen]”
 
Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll confirmed that “it was not the most comfortable race for [him], because of the injuries”
 
“But to finish sixth has made it worth enduring all that pain”
 
Teammate Fernando Alonso “really enjoyed the race and, even after the chequered flag, I felt like I could have driven for another hour!”
 
“We had some great fights out there today, especially with [Carlos] Sainz and [Lewis] Hamilton”
 
“Lewis is a legend of the sport and it was great to have so much respect between us out there”
 
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur stated “of course we are disappointed, how could we not be”
 
“We knew we’d have to deal with tyre degradation, but we had not expected reliability problems”
 
Mercedes driver George Russell highlighted that “Aston Martin are the surprise package this year and our deficit to Red Bull and those ahead is too big”
 
His team principal Toto Wolff added that it “was one of [their] worst days in racing”
 
“It was not good at all; we are lacking pace front, right, and centre”
 
Alpine Esteban Ocon feels that “on a positive note, [they] had the speed to have both cars inside the points”
 
Williams driver Logan Sargeant “absolutely loved every second of [his] debut race”
 
 
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