1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill has advised 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton noꦅt to “slack off too much” in his final year with Mercedes.

Hamilton was out-qualified and out-raced by Mercedes teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: George Russell at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

It meant an unusual trend between the pair continued with Russell out-qu🎐alifying Hamilton in every qualifying session held under the floodlights since Abu Dhabi 2022.

Mercedes were the third-fastest team in Bahrain as they struggled with an overheating engine,🐼 costing them a shot at challenging Ferrari for the podium.

2024 will 🃏be Hamilton’s final year with Mercedes and Hill has warned the seven-time world champion of complacency.

“Do you remember when he’d sewn up the championship [in 2015], beat Nico [Rosberg], and then Nico won the next three races and then won the championship the followi🐭ng year? You know, you cannot afford to back off too much,” Hill said on the F1 Nation Podcast.

“I think Lewis has got an abundance of talent, he could probably turn it on whenever he wants to, it’ll alwa✤ys be there – but it won’t. That’s the problem, it won’t always be there, because he’s getting on a bit.”

Hamilton has typically started seasons on the backfoot, particularly against 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Rosberg and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas.

Hill feels that history could be re๊peating itself as he arrived in Bahrain “quite relaxed”.

“And so, there is an ꦜelement of, I hope, he doesn’tℱ slack off too much this year,” he added.

“He needs to really, this year, establish everything about him and if there’s opportunities – and I know he’ll do it – but he needs to not get outqualified by George every race, he needs to get up there and get the best results for Mercedes and then leave with a spring in his step, so that🎐 the challenge is still there.

“He might have been coming here [to Bahrain] quite r🦩elaxed, but he does tend to start a season quite relax༺ed, and then he just turns it up, after the summer break he comes back a little bit more angry, and the poor old team-mates get ground into the dirt. So we’ll see.”