Mercedes ‘party mode’ talk may be provocative, but Lewis Hamilton knows what he’s saying

Mercedes ‘party mode’ talk may be provocative, but Lewis Hamilton knows what he’s saying

Lewis Hamilton has reignited discussion around the famous “Mercedes party mode,” a term widely used during the hybrid era from 2014 until it was banned in 2020, when it gave the Brackley-based team a clear advantage in both qualifying and race conditions. But what exactly was the so-called “party mode”? During those dominant years, Lewis Hamilton and his teammates – Nico Rosberg between 2014 and 2016, and Valtteri Bottas from 2017 until the syst…