1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill believes Mercedes will struggle to turn their season around as they have “no information” or “wind tunnel knowledge”.
Mercedes have reportedly held an emergency meeting following their poor start to the 2023 F1 season, while technical director Mike Elliott has received an “ultimatum”.
If any F1 fans think Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso could once again become teammates at Aston Martin, they are in dreamland according to Sky’s pundits.
Mercedes have released a statement to their fans promising not to “panic” over the poor start to the F1 2023 season, and the uncompetitiveness of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell’s car.
Toto Wolff has quipped that Mercedes “can throw our car in the trash can” after a disappointing turn of pace in F1’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
Toto Wolff admits Mercedes have “lost a year” by focusing on the wrong F1 car concept for too long, but says his side can take “inspiration” from Aston Martin’s turnaround.
Martin Brundle believes Lewis Hamilton and Toto Wolff’s open criticism of Mercedes' 2023 F1 car suggests “it must be tense” inside the team following the Bahrain Grand Prix.
There is no denying U-turning on the W14’s concept is a major setback for Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton, who appears to be left with two options; retire or stick it out with the team that laid the path to his unprecedented F1 success, writes Lewis Larkam.
Lewis Hamilton wasn’t surprised Mercedes struggled with tyre degradation in the first race of F1 2023 after pointing it out to the team before the race.
After winning the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, reigning world champion Max Verstappen will be keen to end this F1 curse by the end of the season.