Formula 1: Jacques Villeneuve believed Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes mid-season: The 1997 F1 winner, Jacques Villeneuve believes that Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes mid-season after having a horrible start to the 2022 campaign. Hamilton has just accumulated 28 points from four races, and quite understandably, there are endless rumours of him leaving Mercedes. Follow Formula 1 updates on InsideSport.IN.
The pundits are currently contemplating whether the 37-year-old will actually want to adapt to a full time of torment in the gravely ‘Porpoising’ silver car at this stage of his career, or whether he will find an exit route and join a team with better prospects. “It’s a question (Hamilton leaving Mercedes) that will be raised,” said Villeneuve.
Formula 1: Jacques Villeneuve believes Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes MID-SEASON, claims ‘he has had ENOUGH’
“In the meantime, Mercedes need to learn how to lose now. George Russell is doing a good job as underdog, but he learned this at Williams, while Hamilton always had something to fight for. He didn’t look aggressive enough at Imola like he couldn’t even fight. It’s not easy being the head of the Mercedes team right now,” he further added.
George Russell has been near perfect when it comes to handling the W13 challenger. It is simply because he had driven a more complicated car at Williams. So, he knows how to cope with the Mercedes car. However, Hamilton is reeling and it seems he is not able to cope with the car.
Jacques thinks Toto Wolff has a difficult job ahead of him as he needs to figure out what’s important for him and the team. “As Toto Wolff, do you choose your megastar, your poster boy, the record-breaking champion with the international image who costs you a mega sum of money? Or do you develop the car for the promising talent?” he further explained.
Not where you deserve to be, Lewis. We’ll keep our heads down and get you back where you should be. pic.twitter.com/XFXMYZHUyM
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) April 24, 2022
Formula 1: Jacques Villeneuve believes Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes MID-SEASON, claims ‘he has had ENOUGH’
Also Read: Formula 1: Debunked- How Max Verstappen’s Red Bull pipped Ferrari on their home soil? Check Out
“We will come out of this.” ❤️
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) April 25, 2022
Hamilton himself has previously expressed his disappointment by saying that the W13 Mercedes is ‘not a long way from the experience’ of the considerably more woeful 2009 McLaren.
Formula 1: Jacques Villeneuve believes Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes MID-SEASON, claims ‘he has had ENOUGH’
