Toto Wolff: “Throw car in a trash can” - Lewis Hamilton? “It doesn’t help to sulk”
Mercedes came away from Bahrain with fifth and seventh, over 50 seconds behind dominant race winner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen.
As a result, Wolff has hinted that Mercedes may adopt a completely new car concept later in the season, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton has expressed his frustration.
Remarkably, Mercedes were behind Aston Martin in Bahrain - who run Mercedes’ power unit, rear su🍌spension and use their 𓃲wind tunnel.
Talking to ORF, Wolff r🦩evealed that simply changing their sidepod design isn’t a quick fix.
꧅"We can throw our car in the trash can. One team [Red Bull] is miles ahead. They play with the competition - they don't even have tyre wear," he said.
"That could be done," Wolf explained when asked about Mercedes’ sidepoꦉds. "But you can't just merrily🐟 put sidepods on the car, it's all about the airflow.
"Our car is lean but not fast. Last ꦛyear, our car got better and better and then won ra꧟ces. That's why we decided to stick with the concept.
"Then you start a🅺 new season and sudd🍌enly you see that nothing works."
Mercedes’ poor start to the year has attracted some vocal criticism from Hamilton, who is in the fina꧙l year of🌸 his contract with the team.
Wolff described Hamilton as “a grea💎t team player”, but stated that “it doesn’t help to s🧸ulk a lot”.
“He’s a great team playe😼r and grown up enough to accept reality,” Wolff added.
“It doesn’t help to sulk a lot. We have to try ✅to turn this thing around.”
Mercedes sit third in the F1 const⭕ructors’ championship going into next w🍒eekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah, seven points behind Aston Martin.
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