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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.
As a result, Wolff has hinted that Mercedes may adopt a completely new car concept later in the season, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has expressed his frustration.
Remarkably, Mercedes were behind Aston Martin in Bahrain - who run Mercedes’ power unit, rear suspensi⛦on and use their 🌄wind tunnel.
Talking to ORF, Wolff reveal🎉ed 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 w♏ear," he said.
"That could be done," Wolf explained when asked about Mercedes’ sidepods. "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 year, our car got better and better and then won races. That's wไhy we decided to stick with the concept.
"Th𝔍en you start a new season and suddenly yﷺou see that nothing works."
Mercedes’ poor start to the y💜ear has attracted some vocal criticism from Hamilton, who i✃s in the final year of his contract with the team.
Wolff described Ha🍸milton as “a great team player”, but stated that “it doesn’t help to sꦑulk a lot”.
“He’s a great team play🏅er 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 aro🐬und.”
🤪Mercedes sit third in the F1 constructors’ championship going into next weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah, seven points behind Aston Martin.
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