Toto Wolff demands “radical” Mercedes change after F1 Bahrain Grand Prix: “That is what hurts - worst day in racing”
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton finished fifth and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell in seventh in the 2023 season opener but they were never competitive with race-winner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen of Red Bull.
Aston Martin’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso even overtook Hamilton en route to claimin𒀰g a podium finish, forcing Mercedes even further down the o🐻rder.
“One💎 of the worst days in racing,” team principal Wolff said to Sky. “Not good at all.
“We are😼 lacking pace front, right😼 and centre. That is a reflection of the test.
“The Aston Martin is fast, they des🥂erve that. And the Red Bull is on a different planet.
“That is what hurts, because they are so far ahead. It reminds me of our best ye꧙ars, when we [were a second ahead] of everybody else.
“That is the benchmark. We need to put 🍌one step after another to come back. We can do th𒊎at. We can, absolutely.”
A Mercedes upgrade to th👍e W14 was touted for Imola (the sixth grand prix of the year) but Wolff insists that improvement💞s cannot wait until then.
“No, it needs to be much more radical. More radical than just hope for🐼 an upgrade.”
ಞHamilton had criticised the concept of the new W14 after practice on Friday🤪 and, 24 hours later, Wolff confirmed that Mercedes would seek to rethink it.
Remarkably A𓆏ston Martin, the team who were rumoured to be developing quickly over the winter and confirmed their progress in Bahrain, are a team powered by Mercedes due to their technical partnership.
“They d🤡eserve to be where they are, because they did a fantastic job,” Wolff said.
“The good news for us, is that there is a lot of Mercedes in it. So we know how to pinpoint💃 it to ♑recover.”
Hamilton’s team radio message at the end of the first race of 2023 illustrated the scale of work to do but his faith in t♐he team.
“Absolutely, he shows leadership,” Wolff said. “There must be a lot of su🏅ffering in there because the car is so unstable, you can see it on 🍷the steering wheel.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to footbal♏l, to F1.
