Ex-F1 team manager Peter Windsor has slammed Mercedes for their lack of faith in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton, criticising Toto Wolff’s decision to replace 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell.

After five years with Mercedes, Bottas was dropped for the 202🌞2 F1 season as Russell earned a promotion wit🌳h Williams.

The Hamilton-Bottas partnership remained unbeaten in the F1 constructors’ championship, with the British driver winning four drivers’ titles𝓰 duri💛ng that period.

However, with Hamilton ageing, and Bottas struggling to produce his best results consi🤪stently, Russell was given the call-up for 2022.

Windsor, who was🐈 team manager for Ferrari and Williams, was asked about Wolff’s comments in reference to Hamilton leavℱing the team that “everyone has a shelf life”.

Windsor feels Wolff was preparing to replace Hamilton 🃏as soon as Russell was pr♛omoted to Mercedes.

“The minute he sacked the driver that he 🐼had been backing and managing, Valtteri Bottas, and replace him with George Russell, wasn’t that Toto then saying ‘well we don’t think Lewis has much more in him,” .

“We’ve got to have a much quicker dri𒐪ver than Valtteri. He’s going to take over from Lewis’. That happened in 2022. I don’t think we should be shocked that he’s trying to put words to pictures now.

“We know that. Even though he supported Valtteri 🅺all these years, he was out and that was it. No more support.”

Windsor believes Hamilton’s Mercedes career “was all over” once♛ Russell joined the team, reiterating his view that Bottas should have 🀅stayed for 2022.

“For me, they shouldn’t have got rid of Valtteri,” heඣ added. “They should have kept Lewis. If you’re going to have Lewis, you’re going to believe in him or you don't. They should have kept Lewis with Valtteri.

“The minute they put George tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhere it was all over as I said at th𓆉e time. It is.

“As far as Lewis’ career was concerned, it was all over as💝 🍸I predicted at the end of 2022.”