Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes' struggles at the Japanese GP have shown up
'100 per cent' what aspects of their car need to change for 2024. On a sobering Saturday for Max Verstappen's rivals as the Red Bull driver roared to pole position around the acrobatic Suzuka layout by more than half a second, Mercedes' Hamilton and George Russell trailed by over one second adrift in seventh and eighth places.
'Once one of their strongholds, performance through the track's sweeping section of opening corners, the Esses, has proved particularly problematic for Mercedes this year.'It's exactly where it was in FP3,' said Bradley Lord, Mercedes' communications director.'The first sector here through the Esses is exactly the sort of stuff where we are not particularly strong.
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