Nascar Martin Brundle feels Mercedes were still sitting in third place after testing but still thinks Lewis Hamilton has the hunger to fight the younger driv

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"The confidence thing is interesting," added Sky Sports F1's Karun Chandhok. "We often talk about that with regards to drivers, but actually designing a race car is an art, it's a creative process with the underpinnings of physics and mathematics, but you need the creative juice to flow.

"These designers have come up with a concept at Mercedes, and have taken a bit of a battering. Their drivers are not happy, their team boss was pretty vocal on team radio last year, calling out what a bad car it was. And now they've come up with a car this year that hasn't hit the ground running, so what happens with 2024?