Can Mercedes give Hamilton a perfect goodbye? - F1 2024 team preview
With Lewis Hamilton leaving for Ferrari next year, can Mercedes give him that elusive eighth drivers title?
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00:00 With all this experience I have I think I should be able to do a better job each year
00:07 so I'm trying to get that championship.
00:24 We got it wrong with the new regulations but when we will be looking back in 10 years or
00:28 longer and you're going to read that we finished first 8 times in a row and then third and
00:35 second in the constructor it will look like it was a respectable result and it wasn't
00:39 so bad.
00:40 Without all of those people in the background working as they do so incredibly hard we would
01:08 not ever get to where we need to be so it's great when we all have that common goal and
01:14 we're all focused on that in the whole year it's a real privilege.
01:18 I hope to go into 2024 on the front foot I think the last two seasons we've had unforeseen
01:24 problems with the car and now it's been a stable regulations the car next year is not
01:30 too dissimilar so there shouldn't be any unexpected problems.
01:47 Very busy winter obviously it's going to be our last season with Luis so we're keen in
01:52 bringing a really quick car and then in the factory hard working to deliver the product.
01:58 We all thought that maybe Luis was retiring in Mercedes after many years and a lot of
02:03 success together there was some kind of loyalty between them.
02:20 Trying to have a car on track that is predictable that has lots of downforce a strong engine
02:26 and just do a solid job deliver on our targets that is what we would like to achieve to give
02:33 a car to Luis and George that they enjoy driving and not as difficult as the previous years.
02:50 Obviously it's been emotional it's very surreal to be here given I came here in 2013 so 11
02:57 years with the team starting my 12th and it is such a privilege to work with a group of
03:04 people where you see the work they're doing over winter.
03:08 Thanks.
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