Lewis Hamilton Hits out at Red Bull Call for F1 Rule Change to Rein in Mercedes

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Published: March 17, 2015

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Lewis Hamilton has criticised Red Bull's claims that Mercedes should have the ability of its car capped after waltzing to a simple one-two at the 2015 Australian Grand Prix.

Hamilton took the season's opening race, finishing 1.360 seconds ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg and 34.523 seconds in front of Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari in third. Such early domination led Red Bull team principal Christian Horner to say "interest will wane" and "the gap is too big," as reported by Paul Weaver of The Guardian.

Horner believes "the FIA could quite easily come up with a way of a form of equalisation," but Hamilton appears frustrated at the very thought. The British driver's comments were reported by the Daily Mail's Jonathan McEvoy:

If you want to put someone in the same car, there is no doubt where I would be finishing. People say it’s all the car. Well, it’s a big team that built this car. I’m the one who has to get in and extract the best from it. There has never been a driver that has won the championship that hasn’t had a great car that year. There’s nobody who had a Marussia and won the world championship, is there? (Juan Manuel) Fangio still had a great car.



Rosberg acknowledged Hamilton's win in Australia, per Mercedes' official Twitter account:



The irony of Red Bull complaining of an unfair field hasn't been lost on defending champion Hamilton. After securing his first title in 2010, Vettel went on to enjoy three largely unchallenged years as Formula One's top dog in a Red Bull car which was vastly superior to others on the grid.

Former team-mate Mark Webber was unable to halt the German's dominance, but it was Mercedes and Hamilton who stopped him from winning five championships in a row last season. Hamilton suggested he has mentioned this to Vettel, per McEvoy:


I was sitting next to Sebastian after the race and I said: 'Seb...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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