“I feel we noticed that magic within the Dash race [in Shanghai],” the Mercedes boss defined. “He was utterly dominating that race. It’s not like you’ve the magic in a single race after which immediately you lose the magic within the subsequent one.
“I very a lot consider that it’s nonetheless there. If he aligns all his efficiency contributors and feels he’s in the best house and the automotive is to his liking, he will probably be stellar. I’ve little doubt. However I’m additionally not shocked it has these highway bumps.
PALMER: Why isn’t it clicking yet for Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari this year?
“He was with us 12 years – the way in which of working. He’s been put in a Ferrari, the place his staff mate [Charles Leclerc] has been [for] a very long time, and his staff mate clearly is without doubt one of the superb ones. So from the surface, and chatting with him, it’s a trajectory any new driver must undergo in a high staff.”
Following Hamilton’s departure from the Silver Arrows, George Russell – now in his fourth yr racing for the staff – has been joined by rookie Kimi Antonelli, with the pair having fun with a strong and constant begin to the marketing campaign that has put the squad in P2 of the Teams’ Championship.