1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill has advised 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton not to “slaꦯck off too much” in his final y𝄹ear with Mercedes.

Hamilton was out-qualified and out-raced by Mercedes teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: George Russell at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

It meant an unusual trend 🅷between the pair continued with Russell out-qualifying Hamilton in every qualifying session held undꦯer the floodlights since Abu Dhabi 2022.

Mercedes were the third-ꦅfastest team in Bahrain as they struggled with an overheating engine, costing them a shot at challenging Ferrari for the🐎 podium.

2024 will be Hamilton’s final year with Mercedes and Hill has warn👍ed the seven-time world champion of complacency.

“Do you remember when he’d sewn up the championshiꩲp [in 2015], beat Nico [Rosberg], and then Nico won the next three races and then won the championship the✨ following year? You know, you cannot afford to back off too much,” Hill said on the F1 Nation Podcast.

“I think Lewis has got an abundance of talent, he could probably turn it on whenever he wants to, it’ll always be there – but it won’t. That’s the problem, it won’t always be there, 🍃because he’s get🐼ting on a bit.”

Hamilton has typically started seasons on the backfoot, particularly against 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Rosberg and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas.

Hill feels that history could be rep💝eating itself as he arrived in Bahrai🧔n “quite relaxed”.

🐻“And so, there is an element of, I hope, he doesn’t slacꦿk off too much this year,” he added.

“He needs to really, this year, establish everything about him and if there’s opportunities – and I know 💯he’ll do it – but he needs to not get outqualified by George every race, he needs to get up there and get the best results for Mercedes and then leave with a spring in his step, so that the challenge is still there.

“He might have been coming here [to Bahraiꦰn] quite relaxed, but he does tend to start a season quite relaxed, and then he just turns it up, after the summဣer break he comes back a little bit more angry, and the poor old team-mates get ground into the dirt. So we’ll see.”