. However, the Mercedes W13's aerodynamic challenges will be felt less here, where the circuit sits 1.4 miles above sea level. The thinner air at altitude puts draggier cars like the Merc at less of a disadvantage, because everyone will be running high-downforce. 'On paper, Mexico looks good,' said team principal Toto Wolff. 'I hope we can give [Red Bull] a run for their money.' Lewis has never failed to win at least once in a season. In 2013, his first with Mercedes, he took the spoils in Hungary. Since then, Mercedes has been the class of the field in every campaign except this one, where Hamilton finds himself driving the most uncompetitive car of his career. But it's getting better. The team's final upgrade performed well last weekend, and if Red Bull drop a ball he – and potentially team-mate George Russell – can pick up the pieces. In the first half of the season, Russell showed up his experienced team-mate, but since the summer break Hamilton has out-qualified Russell 6-0. Only Verstappen and Charles Leclerc have scored higher since the Canadian Grand Prix. He's 37, is worth nearly £250million, and owns so much silverware he must need a living room the size of Versailles to store it. But Hamilton shows no sign of stepping on the brakes and is ready to commit to an extension to his Mercedes deal which ends at the end of next year. 'We are going to do another deal,' says the seven-time world champion (){kind=link}
Following his promising performance in Austin last weekend, when he narrowly lost out to Max Verstappen for the win, Lewis Hamilton has arrived in Mexico City keen to go one better and not end 2022 without a victory.
With two triumphs at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, the Briton has one less scalp than Verstappen, whose Red Bull has always performed strongly here.
Should the Dutchman win his 14th race of the year, he will be the most dominant driver over a season in the sport’s history (although Alberto Ascari’s six wins from seven races in 1952 runs him close).
However, the Mercedes W13’s aerodynamic challenges will be felt less here, where the circuit sits 1.4 miles above sea level. The thinner air at altitude puts draggier cars like the Merc at less of a disadvantage, because everyone will be running high-downforce.
‘On paper, Mexico looks good,’ said team principal Toto Wolff. ‘I hope we can give [Red Bull] a run for their money.’