F1 | Mercedes, Allison: “2017 showed the differences between us and Ferrari”

Mercedes rejoices: ad Austin, on the occasion of United States Grand Prix, the German team won the constructors' champion title with first place Hamilton and the fifth square of Valtteri Bottas. Great happiness in the garage after the checkered flag. To celebrate anyway James Allison, who had replaced Paddy Lowe as head of development Mercedes W08 sample: “Come on differences between Mercedes and Ferrari just look at what we have done this season, a very close championship between us with a medium margin. However, some things made the difference in one of the most epic championships of recent years,” he commented.

The technical director continued on the strength of Mercedes: “It's very nice to win this constructors' title but it's not over yet, we still have another mission to accomplish. Lewis has a speed in qualifying that almost no one has and in the race he doesn't make mistakes, his car is reliable and this mix of factors results in a very strong season. Many say that this car is difficult to drive, in reality it is just complicated to fine-tune to find the right set-up,” concluded Allison.