Ralf Schumacher questions Mercedes’ Mike Elliott - “technical director can’t change his mind overnight”
Team principal Toto Wolff admitted before the first race of 2023 that the concept of the W14 must be reconsidered, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton insisted he became aware of its problems when he first drove it, and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell explained ♋that new ideas 🔯are already being worked on to develop the below-par machine.
But ex-F1 driver Schumacher, whose brother 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher ended his legendary career at Mercedes and whose nephew 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mick Schumacher is currently their third driver💜, predicts significant chan♏ges in personnel within the team.
“There has to be a dispute,” he told ahead of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
“Somehow th✱e technical director must have managed to convince Toto Wolff that the ꧅full strength of the concept can be played out. And Toto, what should he do? He has to believe in his technical team.”
Schum꧋acher said about Bahrain: “The t🅠ension was clear to see."
And he said about structural changes within Mercedes: “I wouldn’t be surprised if the pecking order changes now. That also happened at Aston Martin. Andrew Green was transferred, they got [Dan Fallow෴s] from Red Bull.
“And no🤡w something is going to happen at Mercedes.
“Bec🔴ause, I’ll say it again, with a technical director who believes that a concept works and pulls so hard for it,♈ you can’t change your mind overnight. It’s problematic.
“My feeling is that something is changing.”
Mercedes have repeatedly insisted they have a 'no-blame culture', with Russell explaining: “When it comes to car concepts, when it comes to decisions of where a team of👍 2000 people are going to be heading🅰, it’s never one person directing that.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for 🍬a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
