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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIa: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP and Mercedes GP Executive Director Toto Wolff on stage for the F1 Live event during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit on March 13, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIa: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP and Mercedes GP Executive Director Toto Wolff on stage for the F1 Live event during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit on March 13, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
“Kick in the gut” is how Lewis Hamilton described the Mercedes beneath him during free practice. It is a little difficult to believe that the man who began P13 is the same one who is the most successful Formula 1 driver on U.S. soil. He is a six-time Grand Prix winner and this time all throughout the weekend, he struggled with the car and botched up strategy added to his miseries. Seeing the sorry state of affairs, the LH Army has now taken up arms.
The strategy blunders which used to be a Ferrari forte have probably spilled over to Brackely as a late release of the Briton during the Q2 stint saw him bow out of the qualifying. And today the race strategy which was different from that of his teammate saw him being overtaken by George Russell.
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Formula One F1 – Miami Grand Prix – Miami International Autodrome, Miami, Florida, U.S. – May 5, 2023 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton arrives ahead of practice REUTERS/Mike Segar
Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer Pete Bonnington summed up the 7x champion’s race as “nice work” and highlighted Hamilton’s good battle to the front as he finished P6. Then came the TP Toto Wolff who stated, “Lewis, strategy worked against us but you still made it to P6. Great race, really. The maximum you could probably have achieved from that strategy.” These sorry radio messages race after race have now made the fans impatient.
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Fans are unhappy with the “blatant sabotage” of Lewis Hamilton’s race
A very disappointed Lewis Hamilton had said that he’ll try to fight through the field to God knows where and we feel the patience running thin. The man who is full of positive words is probably now running out of patience and so are his fans. F1 Twitter blasts Toto Wolff.
Not another word from Toto please!!! https://t.co/YrIIUJJ2qv
— PG876🇯🇲 (@PG876) May 7, 2023
They need to stop sabotaging him. We don’t want any more apologies. We’re tired.
— KamvaElihle ♥ (@Leeray_B) May 7, 2023
These days I could punch all of them in the throat for the blatant sabotage 😡 https://t.co/Wmdbbp485p
— h e l s i n k i 🌸 (@BandieeLeigh) May 7, 2023
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Someone needs to hire some strategy people in Mercedes https://t.co/OtalRY64NZ
— 🤍LISA🤍 (@checkthetea) May 7, 2023
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