Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes should begin specializing in subsequent season with Crimson Bull sustaining their march to F1 title glory this 12 months.

Max Verstappen secured victory on the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday for Crimson Bull’s 10^th-straight win – and 9 from 9 in 2023 – whereas the crew additionally celebrated 100 wins in Formulation 1.

Christian Horner’s crew now lead the constructors’ championship by 154 factors to Mercedes, whereas Verstappen has a 69-point lead within the driver standings to team-mate Sergio Perez.

Hamilton, who completed third in Montreal, was happy to be combating with Verstappen and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso on the prime of the leaderboard however insists his crew should now divert focus to 2024.

“I reckon Max’s crew are already engaged on subsequent 12 months’s automotive, so we have to take our eye a little bit bit off the ball and deal with subsequent 12 months additionally however pleased to be up there,” he stated.

“For us to be up there, having battles with Fernando within the Aston, and being on the second row, it’s been nice. To be on the rostrum two races in a row is de facto improbable for us.

“We have been additionally working fourth in Monaco, so we’re undoubtedly getting nearer. And it’s going to be a battle of growth over the remainder of the season.

Hamilton added that, as he continues to pursue a record-breaking eighth world championship, he yearns for the closely-fought battles of his 2021 title battle with Verstappen as soon as once more.

“It’s doubtless that they [Red Bull] will win each race, shifting forwards, this 12 months, until the Astons and us put much more efficiency on the vehicles, or their automotive doesn’t end,” the Brit added.

“It’s not simple with the laws to search out the quantity of efficiency that they’ve, advantage-wise. They’ve acquired to be 30 [downforce] factors upon us in sure factors by way of the lap and we’ve acquired some work to do.

“However it’s not that it’s irritating – I’m pleased to firstly be again within the combine and I’m simply hoping at some stage we will have all of it a little bit bit extra stage so we will get again to a few of the good races we had again in 2021. To have all three of us in a super-tight battle can be sick.”

Hamilton’s contract with Mercedes expires on the finish of this season however a brand new deal seems to be within the pipeline within the coming weeks.

The 38-year-old will subsequent be in motion on the Austrian Grand Prix (30 June – 2 July) earlier than his dwelling race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, every week later.