Ralf Schumacher questions Mercedes’ Mike Elliott - “technical director can’t change his mind overnight”
Team principal Toto Wolff admitted before the first race of 2023 that the concept of the W14 must be reconsidered, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton insisted he became aware of its problems when he first drove it, and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell explained that new ideas are already being w🍸orked o﷽n to develop the below-par machine.
But ex-F1 driver Schumacher, whose brother 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher ended his legendary career at Mercedes and whose nephew 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mick Schumacher is currently their third driver, predicts significaඣnt changes in personnel within the team.
“There has to be a dispute,” he told ahead of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
“Somehow the technical director must have managed to convince Toto Wolff that the full strength o🍰f the concept can be played out. And Toto, what should he do? He has to believe in his technical team.”
Schumacher said about B🅺ahrain: “The teꦗnsion was clear to see."
ꦏAnd he said about structural changes within Mercedes: “I wouldn’t be surprised if the pecking or🃏der changes now. That also happened at Aston Martin. Andrew Green was transferred, they got [Dan Fallows] from Red Bull.
“And now so🍬mething is going to happen at Mercedes.
“Because, I’ll say it again, with a technical director who believesও that a concept wꦰorks and pulls so hard for it, you can’t change your mind overnight. It’s problematic.
“My feeling is that something is changing.”
Mercedes have repeatedly insisted they have a 'no-blame culture', with Russell explaining: “When it comes to car concepts, when it comes to decisions of where a team of 2000 people aꦓre going to be heading, it’s never one person directing that.”
James was a🦩 sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to fo✃otball, to F1.
