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Lewis Hamilton predicts more years of Red Bull's tyranny if not remedied by F1's governing body following the team's latest victory at the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix as their ruthless dominant run continues in Formula 1.
Red Bull's RB19 is the most dominant car in living memory winning 20 of the 21 races contested in F1's 2023 season, with Max Verstappen claiming 18 of them. On top of that, it has given them such a margin, that it has allowed them to work on improving it for next year earlier than competitors according to Hamilton.
The seven-time champion tries to think of the positives rather than get depressed. After all, he is at Mercedes. The Silver Arrows squad has had a couple of bad seasons, but it is normal that it will eventually react.
"We're a very good team on the development side and in terms of trying to catch up," Hamilton said to media. "But it's a very steep road from where we started.
"When we were winning world championships, we could stop early and start developing the next year's car, so we always had a head start. That's why I've argued that we should probably find a way to stop that inertia so it doesn't keep happening decade after decade.
"You have Ferrari who won for a period of time and then Mercedes, now Red Bull has its era. They could extend their dominance until 2026. That's what it means to be so far ahead. Unless other teams get it right, it's going to stay that way. Hopefully, we'll figure out the way forward and close the gap."
A matter of time... and age
The worst thing for the British winner is that the future looks bad for him and Mercedes. Hence he has said, in statements to Sky Sports, that F1 must "find a way" to prevent teams from getting so far ahead in the development of cars.
But now aged 38 years old, it is getting to be increasingly difficult for him to win an eighth crown and he is running out of time to perform at the highest level. Something similar is happening to Fernando Alonso. The 42-year-old Spaniard needs Red Bull to stop dominating the way it has done in the last two seasons.
The Austrian team's overwhelming hegemony in 2023 is what worries Mercedes, Ferrari and Aston Martin the most, as well as the directors of a competition that has become an energetic monologue.
Hamilton has been winless for two years now, but he's not doing too badly for what he could be. Keep in mind that he is a driver accustomed to success with dozens of different numbers to corroborate it.
The Stevenage-born driver has won seven world championships, 103 victories, 104 pole positions and 197 podiums but now he has had to suffer the tyranny imposed with an iron fist Verstappen.