Eddie Jordan “critical” of Toto Wolff and tells him to regain “absolute confidence” of Lewis Hamilton
Hamil♌ton demanded “accountability” and claimed his advice was not listened to within Mercedes, although he later admitted it “wasn’t the best choice of wor꧃ds”.
The seven-time F1 champion went winless for the first time in his career last season and has wa🎉tched Red Bull win all three grands prix of 2023 so far.
Jordan, the founder and owner of F1 team Jordan Grand Prix, told the about Hamilt꧃on’s words: “As a team owner you wouldn't have liked it.
“However, if I was a driver and I heard the team owner saying that ‘I think the engineers have let us dꦇown and they have missed something here, and they have missed something there’.
“I’m critical of Toto and I'm critical of the team. With the power 🍬and might and the knowledge and the backing they've had, Mercedes should be at least competitive to give us, the paying punters, a really good fight.
“I don't want to go⭕ and see a grand prix 🌊who’s going to come third to the Red Bulls.
“At the moment unfortuna🌌tely that’s what’s happening.
“I think Toto needs to rally his troops, he needs to gain total and absolute cඣonfidence of all parties, including Lewis.
“Lewis would not have said that if there hadn’t been that feeling openly within𓃲 the team.
“Can I criticise Lewis for saying what he said? I wouldn't have liked ♚it but there had to be a reason 🐽for it.
“I'd first w🌄ant to find out what was the reason and was it valid? Was it justifiable? An꧙d take it from there.
“There’s been no 🌌repercussions to it so I’d have to say Lewis had every right to say what he said.”
Mercedes admitted they required a new concept to their struggling W14 even before the first raꦕce of the year.
They were then surprisingly outperformed by Aston Martin, 𒆙the customer team who use a Mercedes engine.
Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez of Red Bull have won ev🥃ery race, though, although Hamilton did manage P2 in Australia last time out.
Aged 38 and with his lon꧃g-term future still unconfirmed, his hopes of an all-time record eighth championship apꦿpear to be over already for this season.
James wꦰas a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sportsඣ, to football, to F1.
