F1 | Mercedes, Hamilton warns Ferrari: "Speed in a straight line is not enough" [VIDEO]
"I don't know if we'll make big improvements here," added the Englishman at the press conference
di Roberto ValentiApril 11, 2019
Hamilton returned to the speed shown by Ferrari in Bahrain, underlining how this aspect is not enough to make a car competitive and successful
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Despite the splendid performances put in place by Charles Leclerc in Bahrain, Lewis Hamilton did not want to give up Mercedes for what concerns the next Chinese Grand Prix, the third round of this 2019 Formula 1 world championship, underlining how the speed in the straight not enough to make a car fast and successful.
According to the Englishman from the world champion team, in fact, there are many factors that can influence the progress of a weekend and Mercedes, precisely in this sense, will have to be good at working on the strong points of the W10, so as to counteract the competitiveness of the SF90 on another terrain other than the power unit.
An important challenge from which the Englishman absolutely does not want to emerge defeated.
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