Over car design, Lewis Hamilton criticizes Mercedes for not listening to him

To make matters worse, both Ferrari and Aston Martin have faster cars than Mercedes in the 2023 F1 championship.

Despite the possibility of winning his eighth world championship, Lewis Hamilton is unsure of his team’s capabilities.

Stevenage-born driver Max Verstappen cannot compete on an equal footing with the W14.

Even Fernando Alonso has a more powerful ‘weapon’ than the one Brackley has already put on track, as was evident during the Bahrain race.

With the same power unit as the star team, Aston Martin dazzled George Russell and Hamilton with memorable overtakes.

According to Hamilton, his team did not listen to him

Mercedes is clearly not getting the design of the car right, and that has been Hamilton’s main concern at Sakhir.

I’ve driven so many cars in my life, so I know what a car needs, and what a car doesn’t,” Hamilton told the BBC last year.

This is about accountability, about owning up and saying, ‘Yeah, you know what, we didn’t listen to you, it’s not where it needs to be and we’ve got to fix it.’

Our goal is to look at all the weak points and just huddle up as a team.

As a team, we must look at all the weak points and huddle up as a unit.

We’re still multi-World Champions, it’s just they didn’t get it right this time, they didn’t get it right last year, but that doesn’t mean we can’t move forward.”

Response from Toto Wolff

Toto Wolff has responded to Hamilton’s criticism and taken his concerns into account.

“Lewis is trying to lift the team, and we are all united,” Wolff said.

“I don’t think that’s going to change just because we’ve had a bad start to the season.

With him, we have won eight constructors’ championships and six drivers’ championships.

In response to the possibility that the seven-time champion may decide to leave, the Austrian leader was categorical.

In the run-up to 2024, it is not the right time to discuss Lewis.