Toto Wolff resolute: ‘Hamilton is still the best driver in the world’

Lewis Hamilton also failed to win the 2023 Grand Prix, but the Mercedes driver still finished third in the Drivers’ Championship. This is not a topic of interest to the driver as his ultimate goal is his eighth World Championship. Toto Wolff is confident that this will happen.

Lewis Hamilton has had a difficult season in recent weeks. The seven-time winner failed to even reach the podium in Abu Dhabi last weekend. “From Lewis’ point of view, he had a bad weekend,” Wolff told the media, including GPblog. “That’s true. I don’t think it detracts from the fact that he is the best driver in the world. If we give him a car, he will fight for the world championship.” I have no doubt.”

Wolff understands Mercedes’ poor results

Wolff said he understands that Hamilton cannot perform miracles with the W14. “Obviously when you have an F1 car like us, you’re never comfortable and you have good weekends and bad weekends. But at the end of the day, every time we drive a car, we know someone is there. In front of Lewis. , and it was about winning the race. Then the real Lewis comes to life and I think we should give him the car.

Furthermore, Wolff says he understands that it’s impossible to be the best team every year. It refers to a sign hanging at the Mercedes factory. He goes all the way to 2050 and shows where his team ended up. Looking back 10 or 20 years from now, Wolff believes there will still be some form of bragging. “Second, first, first, first, first, first, first, first, first, third, second. From this perspective, it can be said that it was basically good. “From a micro perspective, for one person to win 19 races is not enough.”