“I see why Lewis Hamilton is asking questions”, says Ted Kravitz after Mercedes outpaced by Aston Martin at F1 Bahrain Grand Prix
Hamilton was brilliantly overtaken by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso at the season-opening F1 Bahrain Grand Prix, and finished in fifth. George Russell was seventh, Alonso finished🔯 on the podium, and Red Bull's Max Verstappen won.
The winter development of Aston Martin is 🐻more stark because the𝓀y share a technical partnership with underachieving Mercedes.
“They were third and fourth in Q2 but ended up behind Alonso, with the same power unit,” ♋Kravitz said on Sky after qualifying.
“This is the key, this is the key!
“Lewis said after practice: ‘This is✅ the most we can achieve with our concept and we can’t have a Plan B under the cost cap because we can’t afford it’.
“When you look at Mercedes’ power unit running a diff♚erent concept of car at Aston Martin? And Aston Martin are ahead?
“I can see, you can probably📖 see, why Lewis༒ is asking questions.
“Toto Wolff very firmly sai▨d that Lewis is sing𝐆ing from the same hymn sheet and is just being hyper-critical, as he always is.”
Team principal Wolff admitted after qualifying that Mercedes would change the concept of their new W🍸14 car, 24 hours after Hamilton laid bare its limitations.
But, Kravitz insists the mood ♚at Mercedes need not be too gloomy.
“George is fourth hundredths of a second ahead of Lewis,” he said. “They will be evenly matched all season, it will be really interestingꦆ to watch.
“⛎Mercedes reckon they are four tenths behind Red Bull. That’s not so bad, considering the glum nature of testing.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everღything from American sports, to football, to F1.
