Mercedes has been struggling the last two weekends in Bahrain. With positions as low as 13 and 10 during the Bahrain GP weekend, it looks like the Silver Arrows are in deep trouble. With so much on the line for Lewis Hamilton, the ever-optimistic driver needs some good news to hold on to.
However, that is not the case. Toto Wolff shared some concerning insight into what should have been a vengeful W-14; Hamilton wouldn’t be too happy to hear about it.
Mercedes makes a troubling confession
Speaking to journalists at the Bahrain interaction Circuit, Wolff opened up on their problematic F1 juggernaut. Ringing the death knell on the W-14, Wolff conceded, “The concept is not as strong as we thought it was.”
Revealing that the team is a full second off the pace compared to their competitors, the captain of the Mercedes ship said the words no one would want to hear. “We are not happy.”
Time and again, Wolff has stated the team’s efforts to return to the championship, especially for their star player, Hamilton. With a heavy storyline hanging on his shoulders, Hamilton is ready for his rightful return to the top. Now, the dream only remains what it is- a dream.
Lewis Hamilton slowly losing hope
After the first laps around the circuit on Friday, a downtrodden champion admitted to the limitations of his challenger. “I’m trying everything we can out there, it is what it is, we just have to work at it.”
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The massive gap between the once-masters of the sports and their rivals has only been a shock. Finding themselves in an unfamiliar place behind the rest, Mercedes is struggling to find solutions. Hamilton adds, “It’s difficult for everybody, and not where anyone at the team wants to be, or where everyone at the team deserves to be…”
Hoping that a miracle will land on their laps, Hamilton encourages his team to stay on the hunt. But as underdogs like Aston Martin take their position, and better them, it is a wake-up call to the Brackley outfit.
