A compromise in Formula 1 doesn t work - Former F1 driver doesn t see Mercedes winning Grand Prix in 2022 season × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Formula 1 News A compromise in Formula 1 doesn t work - Former F1 driver doesn t see Mercedes winning Grand Prix in 2022 season By Charanjot Singh Modified 20 Aug 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Jean Alesi feels Mercedes cannot win a race this season Former F1 driver Jean Alesi does not think Mercedes can win a race this season. Speaking to Give Me Sport, Alesi talked about how a car that is built with certain issues from the beginning can only run with compromises and a compromised car does not win races. He said, "By experience, when a car is born with problems, you're not able to fix it. You can make a compromise, but a compromise in Formula 1 doesn't work, you know. I don't really believe they are able to be a winning team, winning Grands Prix, before the end of the championship under normal circumstances." Alesi admitted he was shocked to see the level of performance Mercedes had at the start of the season. The team was coming off 8 consecutive titles and was expected to have a strong car. As it turned out, the car was just not good enough to fight for the title. Alesi said, "It's easy for me to say, but everybody was shocked. When they presented the car in Bahrain, everybody said, 'Oh my God, they have made something very special and they're going to be untouchable'. But lap after lap, they found out the car was nowhere." Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team@MercedesAMGF1Who's ready for a triple header! ?16852669Who's ready for a triple header! ? https://t.co/fBcxBvFmDY The former F1 race winner also admitted it was embarrassing at times to see Lewis Hamilton struggle in the Mercedes earlier in the season. He did however give props to both the drivers for the way they have made a comeback with multiple podium positions. He said, "To see Lewis driving a car like that was sometimes embarrassing, because Lewis is a seven-time World Champion. But to see his capacity to still improve the car, that was impressive. In Hungary, it was fantastic to see George on pole position and Lewis fighting towards the front." Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton welcomes the adversity faced by the team early in the season Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton was hoping to script a comeback after losing the championship last season. Looking at the car and its competitiveness, all of those plans were out of the window early in the season. Lewis Hamilton@LewisHamiltonAlready can’t wait to come back 653873694Already can’t wait to come back https://t.co/srbbK0eybf Hamilton did reveal that things have not been perfect this season but at the same time, he felt that these adversities are only going to make Mercedes stronger for the future. He said: "I think it's definitely not been perfect. I've definitely not been perfect in the background. I definitely would say it's been a struggle, particularly off the end of last year, so it's been a real kind of odd kind of growth process. I've tried a lot of things with the car and experiments, and it's often caught us out. I've struggled with feeling comfortable in the car this year." He further touched on the improvements that are visible now and said, "To finally be in a place where that's not the case... I'm in a more kind of leading position with the car now, rather than it leading me. It's been good. I think also there's people in our team that have been here for many, many years, even before our success, and then there's people that are new to the team, who have been here only with the wins, so this is a new experience for them also." Finally, Hamilton did admit that these failures are what is going to make the team stronger in the future. He said, "I think for anybody, it's a good experience to have. The adversity only makes you stronger. It's the failures, I think, that truly make us strong." Mercedes has been on an impressive run with 6 consecutive podium finishes, with Lewis Hamilton finishing P2 in the last two races. It will be interesting to see if the team can win a race this season. What's your favorite race of the 2022 season so far? Tell us in the comments below.. Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by James Meyers × Feedback Thank You! 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