Listen to this article Mercedes and its W13 challenger for 2022 have been among those worst affected by the porpoising phenomenon, which has dropped it behind Ferrari and Red Bull. Hamilton and teammate George Russell could complete an “effective damage limitation weekend” in third and fourth in the Bahrain season opener after both Red Bulls retired. However, the seven-time world champion has warned that Mercedes “can’t rely every weekend” on issues such as the fuel system vacuum that hit the Red Bulls. The Briton, who starts his 180th GP with Mercedes this weekend in Saudi Arabia to surpass the partnership Michael Schumacher forged at Ferrari, says he is not too stressed by the early Mercedes form. He said: “We have issues and we’re fighting to fix them. There’s a lot of potential within our car. We’re just trying to work as hard as we can to rectify them as quick as possible. “I have no doubt that I’ve got the best group of people behind me in order to come up with solutions and fix it and extract performance. “So, I don’t currently f …

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