Good news for Hamilton and Russell: Mercedes promise "substantial" upgrade

It was a milestone weekend for Hamilton in Singapore. The seven-time World Champion competed in his 350th Grand Prix. All of those races were completed with a Mercedes engine in the back of his F1 car. The team's technical director, James Allison, thinks this feat should be celebrated.

"Well Lewis has had a career that I think won't ever be matched by any other driver and for him to have done it all with one engine supply, with Mercedes engines, is I think particularly remarkable," Allison said in Mercedes' debrief

"We are coming towards the end of our journey with him and almost every weekend is a milestone never to be repeated with Lewis. It's just a shame that it happened on a weekend where the car was not more bright and my hope is that we won't have to go too far beyond the 350th, maybe we can celebrate the 351st in greater style in Austin in a week or two from now.'

Mercedes to bring updates in Austin

Hamilton has just six Grand Prix weekends left with Mercedes before moving across to Ferrari for the 2025 Formula 1 season. Toto Wolff warned Hamilton that there aren't many 'good races' left for Mercedes in 2024, but an upgrade is coming.

There is a one month break before Formula 1 returns in Austin. Unlike the summer break, teams can continue working on their cars during this lengthy off period. Mercedes are keen to work on the weak areas which were highlighted in Singapore. "How to figure out how to make the tyres run better on these sort of overheating circuits and we'll be also doing quite a lot of work to bring our last upgrade of the season together," Allison said.

"We've got a fairly substantial set of new clothes for the car coming for Austin that we hope will give us a decent weekend there. So we've got to deliver all that and get ourselves ready for these last  few races of the year."

This article has been created in collaboration with Ludo van Denderen