*‘We’re the fourth fastest team now’ – Hamilton offers honest Mercedes assessment as he admits the team are ‘going backwards’ *原標題：“我們現(xiàn)在只能排第四快”-漢密爾頓以實相告，梅賽德斯在走下坡路 **譯文版權(quán)up所有，原文及圖片摘自F1官網(wǎng)，有刪減

Lewis Hamilton was left in no doubt that Mercedes have fallen further away from the front of the F1 field in 2023 after a lonely run to fifth position in the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix. 漢密爾頓在巴林揭幕戰(zhàn)上，前不著村后不著店，孤獨得開完了比賽。英國人豪不懷疑，梅賽德斯在F1 2023賽季里，已然掉隊，無力同前排車隊競爭。 While his race featured “fun” battles with Fernando Alonso – at the start and a later multi-lap wheel-to-wheel scrap – Hamilton stated that Mercedes’ pace simply wasn’t “fast enough” to compete for more. 即便在比賽中同阿隆索有過“有趣”的攻守，兩人在發(fā)車時，和隨后的多圈輪對輪有來有回，但漢密爾頓表示：梅賽德斯的速度不夠快，沒辦法持續(xù)競爭下去。 Asked if catching Sainz late on gives him hope that Mercedes can mix it with the likes of Ferrari going forward, Hamilton responded: “We definitely can’t fight them at the moment – they were much quicker than us, as were the Astons. 比賽最后時刻，漢密爾頓追近了賽恩斯，不過，在被問及這是否說明梅賽德斯有希望跟上法拉利，向前再趕一趕，英國老將說道：“現(xiàn)在我們無法與他們抗衡，他們快太多了，阿斯頓馬丁也是?！? “We’re the fourth fastest team now, as opposed to the third last year. We’re going backwards, [so] we really have a lot of work to do to close that gap.” “我們?nèi)ツ赀€是第三的車隊，現(xiàn)在只能排第四了，這是在退步。我們需要縮小差距，這有很多工作要做?！? 原文地址： https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.were-the-fourth-fastest-team-now-hamilton-offers-honest-mercedes-assessment.4cKzp72ODCZMqaA4eGCqFq.html