Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez enter the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Austrian Grand Prix, Red Bu🌞ll’s home event, having won every race in 2023.

But Hamilton an🧔d George Russell joined Verstappen on the podium last time out, a sign that Mercedes’ recently-up🍨dated W14 is inching closer.

𓂃“You know that I’ve not been happy in the car for the past year and a bit,” Hamilton said in Aus🌼tria.

“The step we’ve taken has moved it more i🌌n the dire♌ction that I’ve been asking for.

“Slowly, rebuild♍ing ಌconfidence in the platform that I have.

“It’s still not 100%, I s🔯till can’t extract full potential from myself, but we’re getting there.”

Hamilton described the difficulty of driving th𒐪e W14: “It’s not physically more demanding. You are just limited.

“The stability of the ca🔥r, confidence of where you ca🧜n put the car.

“Last saw I crashed here, so did George.

“The 🐟car’s lock has been very unpredictable for a 𝓡long time but it’s becoming more predictable.”

Hamilton has confirmed that he would rather Mercedes prioritised winning the 2024 F1 championship rather than ind♚ividual races 🌳this year.

And he also caused a back-ܫand-forth with old rival Verstappꦐen by suggesting that every team should be limited by a deadline when they can begin development of the following year’s car, to prevent dominant teams maintaining their advantage.

Verstappen hit back insisting that Hamilton did not raise this issue when Merꦫcedes were enjoying seven consecu꧂tive drivers’ championships.