Ex-F1 team boss Eddie Jordan blasts Toto Wolff for 'disingenuous and crass' criticism of Mercedes concept

Former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan has slammed Toto Wolff for his scathing comments about the design of Mercedes’ 2023 car. 
Toto Wolff (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Shareholder and Executive Director. Formula 1 Testing, Sakhir, Bahrain, Day One.
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Toto Wolff (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Shareholder and Executive Director. Formula 1 Testing,…

Mercedes’ lacklustre start to F1 2023 led Wolff to admit his teܫam made a mistake in continuing to pursue their unique ‘zero sidepod’ concept. 

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Wolff demanded “radical” changes after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton finished fifth and over 50 seconds behind 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen’s dominant Red Bull in ღthe 🥂season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. 

The Austrian bemoaned the Bahrain GP as one of his “worst days in racing”, while Hamilton had earlier described Mercedes’ current concept as being “on the wrong track”💯. 

But Wolff’s publi♈c comments have not impressed Jordan.  

“He’s the CEO, he’s the boss. The buck stops with him. T✅his is happening under his watch,” Jordan said on the Formula For Success podcast. 

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 1, Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir, Bahrain, Race
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 1, Bahrain Grand…

“To blame or🐲 criticise anybody in his design team is actually disingenuous. It’s really crass.

“I hate to hear tha🐻t, because he must be a man, stand up and take it on the chin and say, ‘my team, my people, we have faile♛d to get the job successfully done at this moment. However, there are times ahead that we’re looking forward to and we will be there much stronger than we were in 2022’.

“I think that ꦗToto is strong enough, big enough and man eno🐟ugh to front this up and actually sort it out.”

Respected F1 technical expert Craig Scarborough has warned that Hamilton and Wolff’s “snappy comments” risk leading to a168澳洲5最新开奖结果: “civil war” at Mercedes. 

Mercedes, who sit third in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 2023 constructors’ standings, will be aiming for an improvement at this weekend’s Saudi Arabi🍨an Grand Prix.&ꦜnbsp;

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