Broken seat, 1% battery, lift and coast… Mercedes’ Bahrain gremlins assessed
Merc📖edes 'still have to work at this🎶 concept' after Lewis Hamilton and George Russell struggles in Bahrain
Mercedes experienced teething problems with their W15 during the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton reported engine issues as he finished seventh, and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell insisted his battery wasn’t working properly as he ✱fi🐼nished fifth.
Both drivers were forced to lift and coast, too.
The feedback was a sobering reminder that Mercedes are in the early days of their new car concept, while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen continues to dominate by 🧸winning in Bahrain.
Nao𒊎mi Schiff said on Sky Sports about Hamilton: “He even mentioned that his ൩seat was broken.
“There was a lot that they were dealing with.
“They seemed optimistic, at least Lewis did.
“This is now the bitter reality. 𒆙We’ve seen the car’s performance in qualifying and seen the performance in the race.
“While I think they have made a step forward, because the drivers have told us that the grip is t🅰ighter, but if you look at the performance of the Red Bulls, [Mercedes] are still quite a while away.
“It means they will still h♊ave to wo🐻rk at this concept.
“They’ve only had this concept for a co❀uple of weeks on track while some teams in this paddock have had this concept for two years.
“They are still in the🧔 learning phase of how to really lock in the perfo🐲rmance.”
Russell gave up a crucial position to Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc after lock🐭ing up.
“He was mak🍒ing good progress and I wondered how well he could do,” Damon Hill reacted.
꧋“They faded away. As Toto said, it sounds like th🏅ey got the cooling wrong and had lots of issues.
“They have still got lots of 🐲learnings about this car, and gettౠing it right.
“For a car to have a cooling problem o༺n a freezing cold night…
“It ♈looks like they got this 🍸part of the equation wrong. But they are still learning.”
Red Bull finished 1-2 with Verstappen and Sergio Perez, followed by the Ferrari duo of Carlos Sainz and Le𒊎clerc.
The McLarens, like the Merce🦩des, struggled with minor issues at various parts of the Bahrain weekend.
Finding thღe answers to those problems will create the closer fight against the Red Bu💙lls that preseason testing hinting at, Schiff said.
“Some of them have gremlins,” she s꧑aid about the chasing pack.
“Lando Norris was telling us how much they were dealing with, partly because of𒐪 the deg, 🌳and the wind.
“Yesterꦑday we had lots of wind, today a lot less. You’d think that makes it easier but they had got used, on certain corners, to🍷 driving a certain way.
“There were a lot of factors that maybe meant things weren’t as tight as we’d like to see, like the issues that Mercedes were having and the issu♌es tha𒈔t Charles had.
“If they get rid of those things, there cꦗould be a tighter battle behind🦄 Verstappen.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, ♔to football, to F1.
