Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes “didn’t listen” to him over the development of their 2023 Formula 1 car. I said the issues that are with the car,” said the 38-year-old Briton. It’s not where it needs to be and we’ve got to work’,” he said. Wolff admitted in Bahrain that the team would have to change tack if they were to return to the front. Mercedes have spent the start of this week in meetings looking at the best approach to improve the performance of their car. Wolff said: “This is not a matter of finding 0.3secs and polishing the car up. One example is that Mercedes sit their drivers further forward than Red Bull.

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