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Lewis Hamilton describes how the upgraded W14 feels after driving it for three races, and explains what Mercedes needs to change for 2024 and beyond.
Mercedes has introduced its big upgrade for the W14 at the Monaco Grand Prix, and now after driving it for three races, Lewis Hamilton explains how the car feels.
“In truth, it doesn’t feel a huge difference to the beginning of the year,” the Briton said.
“There are some elements of the car which do feel different and obviously with the upgrade but it’s just simply just have a little bit more downforce on the car.
“But the characteristics of the car are very, very similar to what we had earlier on in the year and so we need to… for the future, for the next year’s car, you need to take a lot of these different things off and change them for sure.
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“It’s definitely not the car that… characteristic-wise the car that’s going to be able to beat the Red Bull just yet. And so we’ve got to work on that.
“For example, it was very bumpy, this track, and I think everyone was struggling but our car was very stiff. But I think we were all struggling with the stiffness of our cars.
“But today was bumpy. That’s the one that thing that… I would say that’s something I dislike most about this generation of cars, right?
“Back in the day was smooth down the straight,” Lewis concluded.
