Lewis Hamilton's stark team radio message underlines scale of Mercedes task after F1 2023 opener
Hamilton was beaten by168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin on his way to finishing as the lead Mercedes driver in fifth as F1 2023 got underway in Ba🐎hrain.&nbs﷽p;
The seven-time world champion ended up just behind Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz but trailed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s race-winning Re꧒d Bull by a staggering 50 seconds.&n🅰bsp;
After taking the chequered flag, Hamilton admitted Mercedes have “serious work to do” to catch up to the frontrunners in an motivational radio meಌssage to his team.
“Great work, I know we’re not where we wanna be but let’s keep pushing,” Hamilton sai𓃲d. “Serious w🎃ork to do to close the gap but I believe in you all.”
Ha🐓milton earlier his race engineer Peter Bonnington: “How much were we off the R🌸ed Bulls?”
To which, ‘Bono’ ꧑replied: “Just uh…🎃 51 seconds behind.”
After a disappointing qualifying on Saturday, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admitted his team had made a mistake in pus⛎hing on with the same car concept as last year.
Hamilton finished two places ahead of teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, who appeared to have moreꦚ pace than Hamilton in the early stages after initially dropping behind at the start.
"Is he [Hamilton] managing or is he slow? Because I feel I have a bitꦍ more pace,” Russell asked over team radio during the first stint.
Russell’s new race engineer Marcus Dudley confirꦛmed Hamilton was “🔯struggling” at that stage of the race.
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