{"id":293029,"date":"2023-09-18T22:36:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T22:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=293029"},"modified":"2023-09-18T22:36:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T22:36:37","slug":"lewis-hamilton-red-bull-downturn-offers-chance-for-other-teams-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/racing\/f1\/lewis-hamilton-red-bull-downturn-offers-chance-for-other-teams-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton: Red Bull downturn offers chance for other teams to win"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Red Bull&#8217;s downturn offers chance for other teams to win, says Lewis Hamilton &#8211; after\u00a0Ferrari&#8217;s Carlos Sainz ended Max Verstappen&#8217;s record 10-race winning run in Singapore\u00a0<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ferrari\u2019s Carlos Sainz claimed the first non-Red Bull triumph of 2023 on Sunday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Max Verstappen leads the drivers standings by 151 points with seven races left<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton believes there may be chances for others to win this season because Red Bull are already focused on next year\u2019s car.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s Singapore Grand Prix came alive with a five-way fight for victory in the last 17 laps before Ferrari\u2019s Carlos Sainz took the first non-Red Bull triumph of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a sudden lack of pace, Max Verstappen leads the drivers standings by a massive 151 points with seven races left and Red Bull by 308 from Mercedes in the constructors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And Hamilton, who finished third behind fellow Brit Lando Norris on Sunday, said: \u2018I don\u2019t know why they\u2019re off the pace but it is a positive. They have not been developing. McLaren brought an upgrade here, others have brought upgrades, but they are working on next year\u2019s car.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They have less wind-tunnel time (handicapped for being defending champions and cut as a punishment for breaking the cost cap) and have migrated before us to 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/21\/75570669-0-image-a-9_1695068256866.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton (above) believes there may be chances for others to win this season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/21\/75529177-0-Carlos_Sainz_pcked_up_his_second_F1_victory_on_Sunday_at_the_Sin-a-11_1695068269664.jpg\" height=\"446\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Carlos Sainz pcked up his second F1 victory on Sunday at the Singapore Grand prix<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/21\/75529135-0-Lando_Norris_finished_second_while_Lewis_Hamilton_came_third_at_-a-10_1695068263109.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lando Norris finished second, while Lewis Hamilton came third at Marina Bay<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They are so far ahead and they are developing their car less and we are still pushing to develop our current one, but time will tell.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Many suspect Red Bull\u2019s downturn, with Verstappen fifth and Sergio Perez eighth, was track-specific.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull team principal Christian Horner flatly denied that a technical directive which came in at Singapore to tighten rules concerning flexible wings hindered them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We can\u2019t blame that, it hasn\u2019t changed a single component on our car,\u2019 he insisted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mercedes chief Toto Wolff will miss Sunday\u2019s Japanese Grand Prix due to knee surgery back in Austria.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12532929\/Red-Bulls-downturn-offers-chance-teams-win-says-Lewis-Hamilton-Ferraris-Carlos-Sainz-ended-Max-Verstappens-record-10-race-winning-run-Singapore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Bull&#8217;s downturn offers chance for other teams to win, says Lewis Hamilton &#8211; 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