“We’ll get his eighth” - Toto Wolff’s promise to Lewis Hamilton after 0.6s gap to Red Bull

Toto Wolff remains confident Mercedes are still capable of providing Lewis Hamilton with a title-winning car after a disappointing F1 qualifying performance in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
(L to R): Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 with Toto Wolff (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Shareholder and Executive Director at a
(L to R): Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 with Toto Wolff (GER) Mercedes AMG F1…

Mercedes saw 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell and Hamilton qualify sixth and se꧃venth respectively for Sunday’s race.

The pair ended just over six-tenths off 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, who claimed pole position ahead of Red Bull teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez.

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Hamilton’s contract with Mercedes runs out at the end of F1 2023, although he’s reiterated his desire to rꦿemain with the team as 🅷he looks to win a record eighth world title.

Speaking afte🅰r qualifying in Bahrain, Wolff ma🍰de it clear that “we’re going to get his eighth” and that Hamilton has “another four years in him”.

“We’re super critical of o🔴urselves and what we need to achieve,” Wolff told Sky. “There’s no such thing as a holy car. We’re looking at everything - d♋id we get it right with the concept? Should we have reacted earlier? All of that. 

“Everyone in the engineering🌄 team sings ꦬlike that. We just need to get our heads together. We’re going to get his eighth. He has compared to Alonso another four years in him as a minimum. We need to get it done.

“Even🦩 if I need to push him around the track to win the eighth. I am going t⛄o do everything that’s needed.”

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

Wolff bel🎉ieves the deficit to ♈Red Bull is around four-tenths after Mercedes did only one run in Q3.

“Well the gap is not ridiculous considering we only ran one tyre at the end but it🅠’s not where we want to be,”𒀰 he added. “We’re continuing to develop the concept and thinking we could land and fight for pole position but that wasn’t the case today.

“If we compare one tyre against one tyre because we didn’t run the second tyre it’s maybe around four-tenths - these ar﷽e all irrelevant ca⛎lculations. That’s the gap and this is what we need to find or more if we want to win.

“They both didn’t have clean laps. There probably♒ was a tenth and a half still in there. Maybe we could have overtaken Alonso with both cars but this is where we are.”

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