Toto Wolff demands “radical” Mercedes change after F1 Bahrain Grand Prix: “That is what hurts - worst day in racing”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton finished fifth and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell in seventh in the 2023 season opener but they were never competitive with race-winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen of Red Bull.
Aston Martin’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso even overtook Hamilton en route to claiming a podium finish, forcing Mercedes even further down t♋he order.
“One of the worst days in racing,” team principal Wolff said to Sky.♕ “Not good at all.
“We are lacking pace front, right and centre. That is a reflect🍷ion of the test.
“The Aston Martin is fast, they deserve that. And the Red Bull is on aಞ different planet.
“That is what hurts, because theꦦy are so 𝓡far ahead. It reminds me of our best years, when we [were a second ahead] of everybody else.
“That 💎is the benchmark. We need to put one step after another to come back. We can🍸 do that. We can, absolutely.”
A Mercedes upgrade to the W14 was touted for Imola (the sixth grand prix of the year) but Wolff insists 💎that improvements cannot wa🦄it until then.
“No, it needs to 𝓡be much more radical. More radical than just hope for an upgrade.”
Hamilton had criticised the concept of the new W14 after practiꦆce on Friday and, 24 hours later, Wolff confirmed that Mercedes would seek to rethink it.
Remarkably Aston Martin, the team who were rumoured to be developing quickly over the w🌳inter and confirmed their pro🗹gress in Bahrain, are a team powered by Mercedes due to their technical partnership.
“They d♛eserve to be where they are, because they did a fantastic job,” Wolff said.
“The good news for us, is that there is a lot o༺f Mercedes in it. So we know how to pinpoint it to recover.”
Hamilton’s team radio message at the end of the first race of 2023 illu🅰strated thওe scale of work to do but his faith in the team.
𝄹“Absolutely, he shows leadership,” Wolff said. “There must be a lot of suffering in there because the car is so unstable, you can see it on the steering wheel.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American🌟 sports, to football, to F1.
