Mercedes has failed to keep pace with Red Bull since the new rules were introduced, with Hamilton struggling just to secure podium finishes in recent times. And the 38-year-old, who was outshoned by a whole host of his rivals in South America last time out, doesn’t believe his team can turn their fortunes around in the United States.

“I 100 percent know what went wrong there [in Brazil], but still, ultimately, we didn’t do a good job,” Hamilton told Sky Sports. “But a lot of learnings from it in terms of where we need to go and where we need to develop. Through failure, there’s always a lot you can learn, mostly from those experiences.