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Hamilton does not anticipate any more grid penalties
In the final five races of the 2021 Formula One season, the Mercedes driver believes he will not be penalized for a new engine.
In the remaining five Formula One races, Lewis Hamilton claims he is unaware of any potential grid penalties for a new engine.
In Turkey, Hamilton was forced to use a fourth Internal Combustion Engine, while teammate Valtteri Bottas has been penalized on the grid in three of the last four races.
Helmut Marko of Red Bull believes Hamilton will need to alter his engine before the end of the season, but the seven-time World Champion has claimed the opposite.
“I believe our engines are strong,” Hamilton told media. “As far as I’m aware, we’re hopefully going to the end of the season [without a new engine].”
Red Bull are stronger in the hotter conditions
In the Drivers’ Championship, Hamilton is 12 points behind Max Verstappen, who he narrowly defeated in Austin.
Given Red Bull’s track record, he believes they will be the team to defeat this weekend in Mexico, but he remains “excited” about the title battle.
“I think the fact is, we haven’t brought an upgrade for a long time, since Silverstone, and we know that they were bringing upgrades well past that,” added Hamilton.
“Generally they have, I think, a little bit extra performance on the rear end of their car. It seems like in the hotter places, they seem to be doing a little bit better than us.
“This has just been a track they have been very strong at, like Budapest, for example, where they’ve been strong in the past.
“But that doesn’t mean that we can’t be strong this weekend. We’ll find out when we get out there.
“Of course, it means that we have to extract absolutely everything and push absolutely to the limit, trying to leave no stone unturned, no performance on the table, which can happen. So we’re just trying to make sure we cover every area possible.”
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