Ex-F1 team boss Eddie Jordan blasts Toto Wolff for 'disingenuous and crass' criticism of Mercedes concept
Mercedes’ lacklustre start to F1 2023 leജd Wolff to admit his team made a mistake in continuing to pursue their unique ‘zero sidepod’ concept.
Wolff demanded “radical” changes after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton finished fifth and over 50 seconds behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s dominant Red Bull in thꦺe season-opening 🦂Bahrain Grand Prix.
The Austrian bemoaned the Bahrain GP as one of his “worst days in racing”, while Hamilton had eꦐarlier described Mercedes’ current concept as being “on the wrong track”.
But Wolff’s pub🔯lic comments have not impressed Jordan.
“He’s the CEO, he’s the boss. The buck stops with him. This is happening under his watch,” Jordan said on t𝄹he Formula For Success podcast.
“To blame or criticise anybody in his design t♒eam is actually disingenuous. It’s really crass.
“I hate to hear that, because he must be a man, stand up and take it on the chin and say, ‘my team, my people, we have failed to get the job successfully done at this moment. However, there are times ahead that we’re looking forward to and we will be the♏re much stronger than we were in 2022’.
“I t🎐hink that Toto is strong enough, big enough anꦑd man enough to front this up and actually sort it out.”
Respected F1 technical expert Craig Scarborough has warned that Hamilton and Wolff’s “snappy comments” risk leading to a168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: “civil war” at Mercedes.
Mercedes, who sit third in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2023 constructors’ standings, will be aiming for an improvement at this w꧙eekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
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