Mike Elliott has since made a shock exit from Mercedes...
Sky F1 reporter Craig Slater pondered whether Lewis Hamilton, who drove Mercedes development in a difficult F1 2022, put the wheel in motion for the Mike Elliott-James Allison role swap.
Questions were raised over Hamilton’s future in Formula 1 when after the controversial defeat to Max Verstappen in the 2021 Abu Dhabi title-decider, 2022 saw Mercedes off the pace and Hamilton seemingly below his best. “And I sense now, he’s much more on the front foot again. I think he feels that yes, the building blocks and the right people are in place, in terms of where the car development is going.
“It’s just can they set the targets and parameters right now and are Red Bull just a little bit too far ahead? Is Newey beatable on aero over this winter? That’s a big question.”Lewis Hamilton versus George Russell does matter “Lewis spent a lot of 2022 wrestling with the Mercedes, taking on the burden of development,” said Slater.
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