Toto Wolff claims the final three underwhelming seasons of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s tenure at 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mercedes will not undermine his previous glory.

Hamilton has racked up six of his seven F1 drivers’ championshipඣs in an iconic stint at Mercedes, which will conclude at the end of this season.

In 2025 Hamilton hopes to reinvigorate hisꦯ F1 title hopes by moving to Ferrari.

But Mercedes boss Wolff denied that three years of below-par machinery may “overshadow” their le🐭gendary driver’s time at the team.

“It's the most competitive motorsport in the world and we were lucky and blessedཧ with winning eight consecutive World Championship titles,” he said.

“That wasn't done before in any𝄹 other sport. And Lewis won seven drivers' championships.

“You cannot extrapolate from that that you're going to win forever or that you're in the hunt💝 for every single championship. That doesn't happen.

“And the regs were changed twice and we main😼tainඣed the level of performance and won championships.

“And then we've just been caught out by these new regulations in 2022. Until today, we're just not able to put steady performance on the car and provide the drivers with something that is predictable, that has enough downforce, that doesn't bounce or hop, that ꧂rides where the ride is acceptable, where the tyre degr☂adation can be managed in the right way and not be too cold or too hot.

“And that is how sport goes. That's very easy.

“A basketballer was asked whether he felt that his season was aꦿ failure. And he said Michael Jordan played 12 seasons in the NBA and he won six. Does that mean that the whole thing was a failure?ཧ Were the other six a failure?

“We've been together 12 years now i♌n this championship, and we have won eight. Are th🎐e other ones a failure?

“We finished third two years ago, we finished second last year, bearing in✨ mind we haven't won a race, and we won three this year.

“So that is not all a failure. That was a pretty good spell🌺 for Mercedes and for Lewis.

“And we will be trying to do it better. We are trying to do it better every single day, every single weekend.🍸 And the same w🗹ill be next season and then the big one in ‘26.”

'We wish Lewis the best - and a car that's not fast'

Hamilton returned to winning ways this year, with victory a💫t the F1 British Grand Prix his f𒐪irst since 2021.

Red Bull took over from Abu ไDhabi 2021, but Mercedes have also lagged behind McLaren an♉d Ferrari this year.

Hamilton has only three grands prix remaining in a Mercedes before he wilꦅl be decked out in red.

Wolff insisted there haven’t yet been emotional goodbyes: “I think we're still running 𝓡the season. So the weekends feel like they felt before.

“You know, these meetings where long-term development♑ is being discussed, they don't happen so regularlꦉy and we didn't have them for the last few months. So it's pretty much standard as it is.

“There is no overwhelming emotion now that this is ending, but I'm sure the closer it's going to come to Abu Dhabi and the ꧑last sessions, the last race together will be quite a thing because we had this wonderful partnership for such a long time.

“But having said that, Lewis is not going to disappear. Lewis is going to b🦹e on the grid ne൩xt year with a Ferrari.

We are not losing t𓆏he person, we are just 🃏losing the driver.

“But we embark on a new future. We have an 18-year-old and a 27-year-old tha🌜t are going to be our drivers. And that is super exciting.

“And at the same time, perso♊nally, we wish Lewis all the best andౠ happiness. And maybe a car that's not so fast.

“But✅ nevertheless, it is a decision he took. And we're OK with that.”

Mercedes will ♈pair George Russell with rookie Kimi Antonelli next year.