Lewis Hamilton's stark team radio message underlines scale of Mercedes task after F1 2023 opener
Hamilton was beaten by168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin on his way to finishing as the lead Mercedes dꦯriver in fifth as F1 2023 got under𒀰way in Bahrain.
The seven-time world champion ended up just behind Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz but trailed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s race-winniꦿng Red Bull by a staggering 50 ܫseconds.
After taking the chequered flag, Hamilton admitꦿted Mercedes have “serious work to do” to catch up to the fronღtrunners in an motivational radio message to his team.
“Great work, I know we’re not where we wanna be but let’s keep pushing,” Hami🤡l🔴ton said. “Serious work to do to close the gap but I believe in you all.”
Hamilton earlier his race engineer Peter Bonnington: “How much were we off t🐼he Red Bulls?”
To which, ‘Bono’ﷺ repl💎ied: “Just uh… 51 seconds behind.”
After a disappointing qualifying on Saturday, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admitted his team had made a m🎀istaﷺke in pushing on with the same car concept as last year.
Hamilton finished two places ahead of teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, who appeared to have more pace than Hamilton in the early stages after initially dropping behind✱ at the st෴art.
"Is he [Hamilton] managing or is he slow? Because I feel I have a bit more pace,” Russell aske♊d over team radio during the first stint.&nbs𒈔p;
Russell’s new race engineer Marcus Dudley confirmed Hamilꦬton was “struggling” at t🐟hat stage of the race.
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