James Allison Points Lewis Hamilton’s Heartbreaking Loss “Fragmented” Mercedes More Than It Should Have

Sabyasachi Biswas | 07/12/2023
James Allison Points Lewis Hamilton’s Heartbreaking Loss “Fragmented” Mercedes More Than It Should Have

James Allison has recently opened up on the incident that shattered the confidence of Mercedes. Pointing out Lewis Hamilton’s title loss in 2021, the technical director of the Silver Arrows revealed that it hit the core of the team and “fragmented” them more than it was expected.

Speaking about this, Allison said in a report published by FormulaPassion, “I think we entered these destructive dynamics when we lost the title in 2021 and the team fragmented more than it should have.” Hamilton arrived in Abu Dhabi on that day in the quest for his record-breaking eighth world championship.

However, it was not his day to win as he lost the title on the very last lap of the season. This wasn’t something Mercedes saw coming, and therefore, it resulted in huge disgruntling within the team. Soon after, Allison left his role and the team fell into a real slump.

However, the higher management of the German team brought back Allison to his role and the Briton is doing everything he can to bring the side back to their glory days. This includes looking at everything in the team and not just the nuts and bolts.

How is Mercedes preparing to get back on track?

As Mercedes did not have the season they wanted in the last two years, they replaced Mike Elliot with James Allison. Allison has been in charge of this post in the Silver Arrows for a long time and has also helped them win multiple titles.

Now, with him back on the side, he has taken up a crucial role. Speaking about the same, he said, “I tried to get the main engineers who lead the main divisions of the company to talk to each other more, to try to take some of the pressure off. This has been my job since I came back to fill the role of technical director.”

2024 would be a test to see how well can Allison help Mercedes discover more pace. While the team will hope to close the gap to Red Bull, challenging the Milton Keynes outfit for the title would be a very tall order.

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Sabyasachi Biswas

Sabyasachi Biswas is an F1 journalist at The SportsRush. With over one and a half decades of love for the sport and five years of experience in the field, he dreams to be a regular at the paddock when the lights go out. A Red Bull fan and F1 fan in general over the years, he enjoyed watching Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel, and Max Verstappen dominate the track. Apart from F1, he's also a big-time Madridista and Federer fanatic. He was a sub-junior level footballer, won inter-district quizzes and debate competitions back in school. A travel freak throughout, he tries different cuisines and learns new cultures whenever he's away from the keyboard.

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