Mercedes🍬 announced their technical reshuffle during the break between Australia and Azerbaijan, with Allison returning to the team as techn🐠ical director.

Elliott takes up Allison’s old job as chief technical officer 🎐- effectively the pair have s🐠wapped jobs.

The change comes after Mercedes’ sluggish start to F1 2023, scoring just one podium�🍒� in the opening three rounds of the season.

Like teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton, Russell welcomed the return of Allison, but appeared to defend Elliott given the backlash he has received fro𓂃m some fans for the performance of the W14 and last year’s W13.

• Hamilton gives his approva🐎l to Allison’s ♌return: “Will strengthen the team”

“I think it’s really good news, to be honest, because, obviously, Miܫke was the technical director and James was overseeing a few different projects. And now, effectively, we’ve got both of them full-time,” he told Sky Sports𝕴 F1.

“Mike is one of, if not t🌟he most, intelligent blokes I’ve ever come across in my life. But I think placing him in this new role will really put him in his e🐠lement.

“When it comes to a team spoꦇrt, not just drivers, but managing 2000 peopl♈e or talking about a football team, you need to get your best players in the right positions to get the overall team result.

“Effectively, that’s what this change has been so I think, in both regards, we’ve probably put both where🙈 they belong.”

Russell reiterated that Mercedes’ ⭕stuttering ಌform was the result of the team not performing, not just one individual. 

“🅘It is absolutely teamwork,” he added. “There are a number of people who contribute towards the overall decisions and feedback into the rest of the factory on the direction that we take, and James was involved in some of those conversations and decisions in the past.

“But it’s how the game goes, this was a team decision. Obviously, Lewis was saying you win and lose together and that’s truly how it is. There’s never🐲 one person accountable for any success or any failure - it is always the team.”