F1 champion Damon Hill's concerning observation about ‘perplexed’ Mercedes: "The lowest I’ve heard them sound"

Mercedes have been left “perplexed” by their lacklustre performance at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix, according to Damon Hill. 
F1 champion's concerning observation about 'perplexed' Mercedes

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton could only finish seventh, one place ahead of teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell, on what Mercedes boss Toto Wolff described as a “bruising da𝄹y” f▨or his side in Austria. 

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Despite starting fifth on the grid and jumping McLaren’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris into fourth with a strong start, Hamilton struggled for pace and was hit with💎 a time penalty for track limits as he slipped back to P7. 

Russell rose from 11th to finish eighth but both drivers were left despondent and admit𒅌ted they expected more from their underperforming W14 at the Rꩵed Bull Ring. 

“That’s🀅 the lowest I’ve heard 𓆉them sound,” 1996 F1 world champion Hill said during Sky F1’s post-race analysis. 

“It has swung in the wrong direction, at this particular venueඣ, by quite a long way. They are perplexed by that.

“They will be looking forward to Silverst🧸one, they know it’s a different character of track. They might be more in their zone.” 

F1 champion's concerning observation about 'perplexed' Mercedes

Hamilton let out a barrage o꧃f frustrated radio messages throughout the race, leading to an intervention from Wolff to try and calm the seven-time world champion dow꧙n. 

“It’s a💙 little bit stressful to hear,” Sky F1’s Naomi Schiff said. “You don’t hear Lewis lose his cool on the radio. Today, he was frustrated.

“I think s༒ome of that [is because] some cars have brought updates, and they haven’t.

“McLaren have made a big step forward, Ferrari have made a big step forward, that will obviously be a part of the pace𓆏 difference.

“Fernando wasn’t as far up the road, so that 🅷coul𝓡d be playing into it.

“The thing that’s strange is that a track like this typically the g༺aps are𒉰 closer, rather than bigger, so it’s a concern.

“You can see how disappointed Toto was.”

Aston Martin’s former head of strategy and fellow Sky pundit Bernie Collins added: “There is very little recovery from this, straight int💮o a race next week.

“They need to figure it out quickly.

“You need to get on top of it quickly, there will be a lot of analysis going on - the tyres, the pa🥃ce deficit.

“It’s how quickly you can turn ar🌊ound that analysis, find a solution, and get it on the car.

“With races hammering along in the background, tಞhe points are drifting away all the time.”

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