Hamilton counting down days to Mercedes 2024 F1 launch amid “painful” races

Mercedes had another difficult weekend at Monza, where Ferrari was clearly a step ahead and the W14 was the third-fastest car.

George Russell and Hamilton eventually finished fifth and sixth as they showed an obvious top-speed handicap.

Hamilton’s life has been made harder of late by a couple of difficult qualifying sessions, with the seven-time champion starting only 13th at Zandvoort and eighth at Monza.

While on both occasions he has moved up…