Hamilton can't wait to be rid of 2022 Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton says he can’t wait to get rid of the 2022 Mercedes after qualifying 1.8s behind Max Verstappen at the Belgian Grand Prix. Verstappen already had a grid penalty that sees him start a long way down the order, but he duly posted the fastest lap of qualifying by over 0.6s ahead of Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez. One race on from George Russell’s pole position in Hungary, Mercedes had hopes of being close to the top two teams but Hamilton was the lead driver and will start fourth behind Fernando Alonso. “Everyone’s working for improvements. We came here…

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