Mercedes finds its lucky star

Optimism at Mercedes can be summed up in one sentence. “I want to sit in his place again, or at least fight him again”. Sunday evening, in this tiny, dreary press conference room, Lewis Hamilton didn't have the inquisitive finger, but it was just like. Max Verstappen, seated to his left and hidden under his cap, could not help but give a nervous smile, which seemed to mean “Always try!” » Between these two, whom everything separates except talent, the atmosphere nevertheless remained good-natured, far from the icy handshake of Abu Dhabi 2021. After all, water has flowed under the bridges , and their machines no longer box in the same category. So, there are no longer any valid reasons to continue to make excuses. At least for now.

And if Verstappen has no reason to bite his nails after the new demonstration he signed in Catalonia, it seems that Mercedes has for its part given some convincing clues in favor of a lasting recovery. At the end of a Sunday of black skies, covering a storm that the surrounding mountains managed to contain, it was a star that ended up emerging from the hills of Montmeló. Brackley's. In the wake of the asteroid Verstappen, the star Mercedes lit up the galaxy