Although it is considered one of the living legends of motoring, Lewis Hamilton He has not had anything easy in his first year with Ferraricausing countless negative comments against him, many of them even questioning their abilities.
Fortunately, English also has key characters that support it, as is the case of the team leader of MercedesToto Wolff, who did not hesitate to defend the coequipero of Charles Leclerc.
Wolff praises Hamilton’s talent and asks for patience
In a recent interview for the Podcast Bloomberg Hot Pursuit, Toto Wolff was questioned about the ‘potholes’ that is going through Mercedes’s expilot after his incorporation to Ferrari and without hesitating said that, even in motor racing, everything takes time.
Wolff was very emphatic in mentioning that Lewis Hamilton’s talent remains intact: “You do not unleash, by changing equipment you don’t lose your skills. I think everyone needs an adaptation period.”
Mercedes’ Mandamás also recalled that the seven -time world champion has a particular adaptation process, because at the beginning of the season he starts with doubts, until finally in the middle season he begins to give the exceptional results to those who have accustomed us.
Regarding the lack that Hamilton could do in Mercedes, Wolff said that the loss of a figure of the size as he is always complicated: “When it comes to developing the car it is clear that there is a lot of experience and replace someone like Lewis Hamilton will always be difficult.”
Finally, the Austrian made it clear that the relationship with the 40 -year -old pilot has always gone far beyond the workplace, because despite its media separation, they currently spend a lot of time together outside the track, as they have built a very solid friendship over the years.
“You will always have to miss someone like Lewis. We are still close friends. I don’t want to lose the friendship we build for so many years,” said Toto Wolff.
