Lewis Hamilton scrutinised by Damon Hill over his Mercedes feedback: “You can’t criticise and be supportive”
The limitations of the W14 were laid bare at the season-opening Bahrain GP and, although Mercedes will bring minor upgrades to this weekend’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, they have already ruled themselves out of fighting f♍or the 2023 championship.
Hamilton issued a team radio message after a drab ﷺrace two weeks ago to cajole his troops, but later claimed he had warned his team that the car development wasn’t 🌠right.
Ex-F1 driver Hill told the F1 Nation that Hamilton’s feedback hasn’t necessarily been helpful: “Sometimes the people working for the teams get abused on social media. In some misguided people’s minds, they are responsible for not giving Hamilton the car he wants. So it’s a blessing and a curse to ha🤪ve a driver as famous as Hamilton - people are loyal to him, but not the tea♓m.
“I imagine there has been a lot of stress.
“Mixed messages - after the race he said ‘we’ve got work to do but I am supportive’. “Then he said ‘I did warn them, I told them I didn’t like th🅷e c🌃ar!’
“Well, you can’t critic🗹ise and be 100% supportive.
“It is obviꦰously constr🐠uctive criticism but he is disappointed.
“With the cost cap, what are the limitations?
“Even if they know the answer, is ♊it a new car? A 🍸redesigned car?”
H💧amilton’s future has also been called into question amid a second season of Mercedes performing below🌌-par.
Now aged 38, he is yet to pen a ꩲcontract that will 𝓀commit him to Mercedes beyond the end of this season and some F1 pundits and fans think he could consider a switch to rivals Ferrari.
Hill previously claimed that Hamilton had delayed signing a new contract with Mercedes while he waited to discover the 2023✱ car’s competitiveness, but that accusation was emphatically denied.
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