Toto Wolff admits Mercedes have "lost a year" but seeks "inspiration" from Aston Martin's F1 turnaround
Mercedes endured a lacklustre start to F1 2023 as168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell finished fifth and seventh in Sunday’s season-꧃opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
Hamilton finished nearly a minute adrift of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen and was beaten by both Red Bull’s, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin and Ferrari’s, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Stroll put h🌜is Aston Martin between the༒ two Mercedes.
Wolff labelled the Bahrain opener as “one of the worst ♉days in racing” and demanded “radical”🔜 changes for a new development ꦬapproach after admitting Mercedes would need to need to change their radical sidepod concept to get back to 🌠the front of the grid.
"When ⛎you look at where we were at the end of the season, it seemed𒐪 like we caught up a lot,” Wolff said. “But I think it was just a matter of which circuits suited us and which did not.
"I think we've almost doubled if not tripled the gap to Red Bull and this is wh🎃at we need to look at, e๊verything in between - the Ferrari - that's just a sideshow.
"And having said that, what Aston Martin was able to achieve is a good inspiration because they came back from two seconds off the pace to being the seco﷽nd quickest team probably on the road.
"And with us, everything's bad.”
🌌Wolff added: "We've lost a year in development i꧂n order to have a steeper development curve and you just need to take these decisions.
"As I said b🌸efore, Aston Martin took that decision, and they came back strong.
"So if we start from our base, maybe we can come back strong and chase the Red Bulls. 🍌That's the ambition."
Lewis regularly attends Grands Prix for wuqian082🐷1.com around the world. Often reporting on the action from the ground, Lewis tells the stories of the people who matter in the sport.
