F1 champion Damon Hill's concerning observation about ‘perplexed’ Mercedes: "The lowest I’ve heard them sound"

Mercedes have been left “perplexed” by their lacklustre performance at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix, according to Damon Hill. 
F1 champion's concerning observation about 'perplexed' Mercedes

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton could only finish seventh, one place ahead of teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell, on what Mercedes boss Toto Wolff described as a “bruising day” for hꦍis sid🎀e in Austria. 

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Despite starting fifth on the grid and jumping McLaren’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris into fourth with a strong start, Hamilton struggled for pace and was hit with a time penalty for tra🔜ck limits as he slipped back to P7. 

Russell rose from 11th to finish eighth but both drivers we♔re left despondent and admitted they expected more from their underperforming W14 at the Red Bull Ring. 

“That’s t♓he lowesಌt I’ve heard them sound,” 1996 F1 world champion Hill said during Sky F1’s post-race analysis. 

“It has swung in the wrong🧜 direction,𒊎 at this particular venue, by quite a long way. They are perplexed by that.

“They will be looking forward to Silverstone, they know it’s a different character of track🎀. They might be more in their zone.” 

F1 champion's concerning observation about 'perplexed' Mercedes

Hamilton let out a barrage of frustrated radio messages throughout the race, leading to an intervention from Wolff to try and calm the seven-time wor👍ld champion down. 

“It’s a little bit stressful to hear,” Sky F1’s Naomi Schif⭕f said. “You don’t hear Lewis lose his cool on the radio. To♚day, he was frustrated.

“I think some of that [is because] some cars 𒁏have brought updates, and they haven’t.

“McLaren have made a big step forward, Ferrari have made a big step forward, that will obv🏅iously be a part of the pace difference.

“Ferna✃ndo wasn’t as far up the road, so that could be playing into it.

“The ღthing that’s strange is that a track like this typically the gℱaps are closer, rather than bigger, so it’s a concern.

“You can see how disappointed Toto was.”

Aston Martin’s for🍬mer head of strategy and fellow Sky pundit Bernie Collins added: “There is very little recovery from this, straight into a race next week.

“They need to figure it out quickly.

“You need to get on top♔ of iꦆt quickly, there will be a lot of analysis going on - the tyres, the pace deficit.

“It’s how quickly you can turn around that analysis, find a solution, and get it on the ca🦹r.

“With races hammering along in the backgr💦ound, the points are drifting away all the time.”

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