{"id":294641,"date":"2023-11-21T09:09:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T09:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=294641"},"modified":"2023-11-21T09:09:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T09:09:16","slug":"lewis-hamilton-confirms-personal-spying-mission-with-daniel-ricciardo-the-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/racing\/f1\/lewis-hamilton-confirms-personal-spying-mission-with-daniel-ricciardo-the-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton confirms personal spying mission with Daniel Ricciardo the victim"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lewis Hamilton has revealed he takes \u2018snapshots\u2019 of every Formula One car in a bid to gain an advantage with Mercedes. The seven-time world champion has struggled in the W14 this year and says he is constantly seeking ways to enhance the Silver Arrows vehicle for 2024.<\/p>\n

Hamilton admits that he has even taken a look at the floor of Daniel Ricciardo\u2019s AlphaTauri, despite the team being eighth in the Constructors\u2019 Championship leaderboard. The floor of Ricciardo\u2019s car intrigued Hamilton and he fed back his observation to Mercedes\u2019 head of aerodynamics, Jarrod Murphy.<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old says he remains in constant contact with Murphy to ensure Mercedes\u2019 are doing their best to build a better car for next year. Hamilton and team-mate George Russell have had a difficult time adjusting to aerodynamic regulation changes over the last two years.<\/p>\n

Asked by Channel 4 if this season has been better than the previous year, Hamilton responded: \u201cI don\u2019t know. I mean, last year, we had a race win in Brazil, but it doesn\u2019t really mean it\u2019s necessarily getting better \u2013 we still started the season a second and a half down in Bahrain.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou know, it\u2019s nice definitely to be progressing and we have seen progress with this car, so fingers crossed for winter.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019ll be staying. I\u2019m in touch with the head of aero and I\u2019m just checking up on him every week like: \u2018How are we doing and what have you tried? Where\u2019s the progress? Have you tried this?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI take snapshots of every car. I saw underneath the AlphaTauri the other day and I went back and was like, \u2018hey, they\u2019ve got these things on their floor.\u2019 You know, you\u2019re just trying to find everything that you can pass on, [but] they know most of the stuff anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamilton, who has not won a Grand Prix since Saudi Arabia in 2021, will sit out of FP1 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Mercedes starlet Frederik Vesti, 21, will sit in his seat during the session, with Hamilton confirming P3 in the drivers\u2019 standings last weekend.<\/p>\n