Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes needs to improve engine power

The current champion can own sixth title wins this weekend in the race for GP of Mexico. It's her team sixth in a row already provided in the race in Suzuki. And yet the Briton is with by developing the W10 race car this season all but satisfied and is already expressed a wish for next year. “This has not been a great year for us, especially when it comes to developing the powertrain,”So the Briton after the race in Japan. If she was the dominance of their propulsion unit responsible for superiority since 2014 further, this advantage has been diminishing more and more and is now also lost.

Lewis Hamilton is not happy with this year's development of the W10 car's powertrain, as he has experienced how powerful the Ferrari engine is several times after the summer break.

It's time power criterion and team capacity Classic Ferrari for sale, Mercedes is no longer number one. “It was a really hard time for the boys because they worked as hard as they could. Unfortunately, we have not been so successful in this area.”Besides, he did Mercedes Benz eliminated this season with higher vacuum and because of this it was larger also air resistance on the planes. “Of course, we won the constructors' title, but we will continue to push and try to reduce this air resistance a bit," so Hamilton, who adds another wish in the same breath: “We will also try to strengthen the power of our drive unit for next year."

The current champion has two wishes for the 2020 season: reduction of air resistance on the planes and, of course, improvement of engine performance - Photo: Hasan Bratić

Hamilton however, he pointed out the reliability of your Mercedes. He has not recorded so far this season no derogationassociated with a technical failure. “We are confident that we will take a step forward next year.His unsuccessful hunt for Sebastian Vettel for second place race at Japan, let him know he was Mercedes Benz on planes without options. “Ferrari cannot be overtaken despite the wind, DRS and maximum power of the drive unit,”He notes Hamilton. Despite the fresh tires, British he couldn’t get past the German and had to settle for third place. “Amazing how fast they are. Here, too, the advantage of tires does not help you."        

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