Lewis Hamilton scrutinised by Damon Hill over his Mercedes feedback: “You can’t criticise and be supportive”
The limitations of the W14 were laid bare at the season-opening Bahrain GP and, although Mercedes will bring minor upgrades to this weekend’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, they have already ruled themselves out ofꦇ fighti🐽ng for the 2023 championship.
Hamilton issued 🌺a team radio message after a drab race two weeks ago to cajole his troops, but later claimed he had warned his team that the car development wasn’t right.
Ex-F1 driver Hill told the F1 Nation that Hamilton’s feedback hasn’t necessarily been helpful: “Sometimes the people working for the teams get abused on social med✅ia. In some misguided people’s minds, they are responsible for not giving Hamilton the car he wants. So it’s a blessing and a curse to have a driver as famous as Hamilton - people are loyal to 🍌him, but not the team.
“I imagine there has been a lot of stress.
“Mixed messages - after the race h🐲e said ‘we’ve got work to do but I am supportive’. “Then he said ‘I did warn them, I told them I didn’t🅠 like the car!’
“Well,꧅ you can’t criticise and be 100% supportive.
“It is obviously constructive criticism but he 🐻is disappointed.
“With the cost cap, what are the limitations?
“Even if they know the answer, is it a new car? A ꦚredesigned car?”
Hamilto♎n’s future has also been♒ called into question amid a second season of Mercedes performing below-par.
Now aged 38, he is ༺yet to pen a contract that will commit him to Mercedes beyond the end of this season and some F1 pundits and fans think he could consider a switch to rivals Ferrari.
Hill previously claimed that Hamilton had delaye𝓡d🌼 signing a new contract with Mercedes while he waited to discover the 2023 car’s competitiveness, but that accusation was emphatically denied.
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