"A sign to Lewis that..." Are Mercedes' tech changes a ploy to convince Lewis Hamilton to stay?
Ahead of this weekend’s , Mercedes announced that James 🙈Allison would return as the team’s technical director, while Mike Elliott would take over as chief technical officer.
The news has been met with a positive reception from both Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell.
The seven-time world champion is still out of contr🐻act at the end of the year, although he’s publicly stated that he wishes to ဣremain with the team.
Speaking on Thursday in Baku, Hill ga♛ve his verdict on the technical manageme♛nt changes.
“It was probably a combination. It was abunꦆdantly clear that Mercedes was not the car of the previous era,” he said. "The car looks different to other cars, notably the Red Bull or th𝔍e Ferrari.
“The question was raised in 2022 - is it the right way to go? 2023 comes around, still no race-winn🔥ing car. It didn’t Lewis to point it out. But Lewis was vocal. He was echoing what everyone was feeling and saying.
“Toto Wolff will bang heads together and say: ‘We 💙need to make changes’. I think Lewis can probably w💝ait a little bit longer until he feels confident.
“I can’t imagine that Mercedes are pressuring him. They know that they’ve got things to work out. They have made so🦩me changes to their design structure, with James Allison coming back, and Mike Elliott overseeing the whole group. A bit of shuffling around.
“You could read that as a [sign] to ꦫLewis that they are going to make changes at Merce𒉰des, so they have a competitive car going forwards.”
Hill believes if Hamilton decided to walk away from Mercedes, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc would be the i⛦deal replacement amid speculation that the Ferrari driver has held talks with Tot💖o Wolff.
“He would be a strong bet,” he added. “He is a talent that a lot of people feel is wasted at Fe🅰rrari.
“Ferrari have not given him what he needs to develop, and to deliver results. I can imagine the frustration is getting to 𝄹Charles.
“If Mercedes said to him: ‘Lewis is deciding to m༒ove on, 🥂would you be interested?’ I’m sure he’d jump at that chance.”
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