“All dynasties fall - that’s what has happened at Mercedes”
Mercedes kicked off F1 2023 with a disappointing fifth and seventh at the Bahrain Grand Prix, well over 50 seconds behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.
Their poor turn of pace led to criticism from both 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton and team boss Toto Wolff.
Wolff e𒉰ven hinted that Mercedes would be prepared to scrap their current car concept and potentially go down a new route - a remarkable uᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ-turn.
It’s been a dramatic fall from Mercedes - the team that have won eight consecutive co💜nstructors’ title🌠s between 2014 and 2021.
Speaking on Sky Sports’ F1 podcast, Lazenby e🎐xplained that Mercedes’ loss of key personnel is a key contributing factor in their downturn in performance.
“All dynasties fall,” he said. “That’s what has happened at Mercedes. They’ve lost James Vowles, Andy Cowell, James Allisson, about 15 engineers to Red Bull Powertrains. Merced💝es are definite💛ly a team in transition.
“For them to abandon the concept? We thought it would take until Imola. They threw it away after q🐓ualifying.”
Former W Sꩲeries driver Naomi Schiff believes “there’s a lot of pressure internally” as Hamilton still has his eyes set on an eighth world title.
“They made no progress i🌃n winter,” she added. “That, for them, is hard to digest. Lewis is going to stay for h꧋is eighth title.
“But he’s in no position to get it. I’m su☂re there is a lot of pressure internally from both drivers, but particularly from Lewis because he’s not getting any younger.
“Time is of the essence.”
Karun Chandhok added: “There ꦬis no easy answer. That’s the issue.”
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