The Mercedes driver admitted the start to the season was ‘worse than 2009’ while team principal Toto Wolff said a lack of progress was brutal
Lewis Hamilton described the worst Formula One season start of his career as tough on the spirit and warned it was a challenge leaving him in danger of just going through the motions, after he and Mercedes endured a dismal weekend at the Australian Grand Prix.
After leaving his stricken car at the side of the track in Albert Park Hamilton admitted another season of struggle to little avail was far from inspiring. They had entered the year having adopted an entirely new design philosophy for their car and were optimistic the new season would bring greater returns. Instead the problems seem all too familiar, the car is not performing as predicted in the wind tunnel and does not present a stable, reliable platform from one race to the next.
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