Mercedes double-disaster in Australia: “Is it a team that drivers want to go to?”
Mercedes "need to be a team with appeal" fꦑor Lewis Hamilton's replacement, they are warned

Questions have arisen about Mercedes’ attractiveness to potential 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton replacements after a dreadful F1 Australian Grand Prix.
Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell were both unable to finish the race, the latest setback in a season whi🧜ch has started badly for the team.
Hamilton was left frustrated by an engine issue which caused an early retirement bef⛦ore Russell crashed out on the last lap.
The wider picturไe is that Mercedes are seeking a replacement for ಌFerrari-bound Hamilton for 2025.
But, they are also under pressure to prove themseꦛlves as a w☂orthy destination for a top driver.
“Tough times for Mercedes,” Sky Sports🌱’ Naomi Schiff reacted.
“This is the t🧔hird season in the era 🌞of new F1 cars and they haven’t quite got on top of it.
“Besides the fact that they had a mechanical issue, and George had🌟 an issue, they didn’t have the pace that they needed.
“The car is so unpredictable for the team to understand. Whether it’s one si𒉰de of the garage or not, it still doesn’t have the pace that they need to challenge. 🌠It’s a tough one.
“Lewis is going to F✱errari and they need to be a team with appeal for whoever they might give that seat to in the future.
🐎“At the moment, is Mercedes a team that dr𝔍ivers want to go to?
“They finished second in the championship last year but we need to see them mo✅ving forwards to be an attrac𝐆tive proposition.
“At the moment, it doesn’t seem that they have the situation under coဣntrol.”
Ironically the winner of the F1 Australian Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz, is out of a job next year because Ha♛milton will replace hܫim at Ferrari.
Sainz is on the mark𝕴et and could come into consideration for Toto🅺 Wolff.
Aston Martin driver Fer🃏nando Alonso is a big-name possibility while Alpine’s Esteban Ocon has been mentioned as a stopgap solution.
Andrea Kimi Anto🐼nelli, Mercedes’ teenage junior driver who is cu🃏rrently in Formula 2, is also an option.
But before Wolff even makes his huge decision, Mercedes know that th♛ey must rectify a bad weekend in Australia to get H𝓀amilton’s final season with the team back on course.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering ဣeverything from Am𒊎erican sports, to football, to F1.