Mercedes boss Toto Wolff urged to help ‘weaker child’ out of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell in F1 2023

The Silver Arrows are hoping to return to title contention this season after enduring a miserable 2022 where Mercedes’ W13 challenger started badly off the pace and was plagued by severe 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:porpoising fol♏lowing an overha🤡ul to F1’s aerodynamic regulations.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton suffered his worst F1 season as he failed to win a race for the first time in his career, while he was also beaten by new teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, who claimed Mercedes’ only victory of a troubled campaign on his way to fourth place in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:drivers’ standings.
Former F1 driver Emanuele Pirro hꦡas offered Wolff some advice on the eve of the 2023 season.
“At Red Bull, the distribution of roles between Max Vers𝓡tappen and Sergio💛 Perez is clear. Max is the stronger driver,” Pirro said.
“But when you have two equal drivers, like Hamilton and Ru𒈔ssell at Mercedes or Leclerc and Sainz at Ferrari, the team boss then has to support the driver who has more difficulties. Like parents helping a weaker child.
“After that, in the difficult moments, the dri🍌ver who can bring the extra flash of inspiration will prevail. That makes the difference betwꦡeen the teammates.”

Hamilton and Russell are set to embark on their second season as teammates and have so far enjoyed a strong working re🃏lationship.
While Russell acknowledged the dynamic will be different were he and Hamilton to find themselves fighting for wins and the world championship, the Briton insists there is 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“no reason” for conflict to emerge between the pair.
“If you are fighting for🔯 one-twos there will be a slightly different dynamic and that’s only natural,” Russell said in response to a question from mahbx.com during an interview at the end of 2022.
“But I think the thing we have going for us🧔 is the fact that we are at very differe﷽nt stages of our career. It kind of feels like we are in this together, really.
"If we get to next year and we’ve got a car that🎐’𝓀s capable of one-two finishes, we will have a huge amount of pride in thinking we have contributed together in helping the team achieve this. And then we go about our business.
“But we’ve got no reason to have conflict. We have got a good relationship. We need 🧸to give each other respect, and I think we gave ea🍌ch other respect in Mexico, as an example.
“We recognise the importance of that within the whole team. If our rꦓelationship starts to break up, it’s going to have an impact on the team and ultimately it’s going to go full circle and affect us as well.
“I think we can continue to build off tꦐhis and if anything our relationshi💦p will probably get closer as time goes on.”

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