Lewis Hamilton gives his approval to James Allison’s Mercedes return: “Will strengthen the team”
During the le🦩ngthy break between Australia and Azerbaijan, Mercedes announced that they have aꦗdjusted their technical structure.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Allison makes his comeback as technical direওcto🐻r, whꦜile Mike Elliott - who previously helꩵd the TD role - becomes chief technical officer.
Effectively, Allison and Elliott hav𒈔e swapped roles as Mercedes look to recover from a lacklustre star꧒t to the year.
Speaking ahead of this weekend’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Hamil🍎ton gave his op🍃inion on the change and how it would impact the team.
“James has always been a part of ✱the team,” he said. “He was obviously focused on another area before. Having him step back in, to support and work alongside Mike, it will strengthen the t✅eam.
“He hꦆas an amazing amount of experience. Mo🦹ving forwards it’s great for the team - for the things we want to achieve on track, and off track.”
Hamilton scored Mercedes’ first podium of the year last time out in Melbourne, but he was no match for dominant race winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.
With a condensed format this weekend, teams might find it tricky to get their cars in the right setup window with just one pr✤actice session before qualifying on Friday.
Looking ahead to the weekend in Baku, Hamilton said: “I’m as confident as I can be. A lot of work has beꦉen done in the background.
“T♛he last race was great - it won’t be easy to get that result ⛄again. I hope we’re just in the mix, I hope we can battle.”
Mercedes are planning a number of sizeable upgrad✤es in the coming races to reduce the gap♛ to Red Bull at the front.
Ha🍷milton conceded that despite their plans for development, Mercedes are “not making up crazy ground” in terms of lap time.
“It’s on the path to getting it to where we want it to be,” he eཧxplained. “We’re not going to hit the ground and be where we wanted, at the start of the season.
“We’re not making up crazy ground. Great work is being done in the factory. It takes time to p🍒rogress.”
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