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 h♍is way to finishing as the lead Mercedes driver in fifth as F1 2023 got u🍰nderway 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 ไrace-wi𝔉nning Red Bull by a staggering 50 seconds.
After t🍰aking the chequered flag, Hamilton admitted Mercedes have “serious work to do” to catch up to the frontrunners in an motivational radio message to his team.
“Great work, I kn⭕ow we’re not where we wanna be but let’s keep pushing,” Hamilton said. “Serious work to do to close the gap but I believe in you all.”
Hamilton🅘 earlier his race engineer Peter Bonninꦏgton: “How much were we off the Red Bulls?”
To which, ‘Bono’ replied൩: “Just uh… 51 seconds behind.”
After a disappointing qualifying on Saturday, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admitted his team had made a mistake 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 sta🌟rt.
"Is he [Hamilton] managing or is he slow? Because I feel I have a bit more pace,” Russell asked over tไeam radio during the first stint.
Russell’s🌺 new race engineer Marcu𝓀s Dudley confirmed Hamilton was “struggling” at that stage of the race.
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