Hamilton concedes Red Bull are 'too quick' ahead of Mexican GP

MEXICO CITY: Ahead of the Mexico City Grand Prix qualifying session on Saturday, Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton admitted that Red Bull are "definitely too quick for us" as the battle for the drivers' championship goes down to the wire.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen is leading the points table with 287.5 points after eight wins this season, while Great Britain's Hamilton is second with 275.5 points going into Sunday's race here.

After Mercedes secured a one-two in first practice on Friday, Red Bull hit back with Verstappen leading the second free practice. And that led Hamilton to give an assessment of his rival team's pace.

Hamilton finished second in the first session, behind team-mate Valtteri Bottas, and followed that up with P3 in in the second free practice. But he was half a second off championship rival Verstappen in the second session as the Dutchman showed an impressive turn of pace to keep the Silver Arrows behind.

"Yes, it's looking good for us, (the objective) being able to try and battle with these guys. But they're (Red Bull) definitely too quick for us at the moment," Hamilton said. "The car has been feeling OK. I've not really had any major issues.

"We're giving it absolutely everything we've got, and I think they (Red Bull) are just quicker than us at the moment. No real concerns. Just chipping away at our set-up and just trying to improve it. But we're lacking downforce, which is… probably why we had that half-a-second difference ahead of us," Hamilton was quoted as saying by formula1.com. IANS

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