Eddie Jordan demands Toto Wolff take criticism ‘like a man’

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Toto Wolff should face criticism of Mercedes’ failures “like a man”, according to former team boss Eddie Jordan. Wolff has been told to “face up to the fact” Mercedes got it wrong over their new concept as the Silver Arrows are unable to challenge the frontrunners for the second successive season.

The German manufacturer opted to keep their original concept for 2023 despite the W13’s struggles. Mercedes solved their proposing issues but dropped further behind Red Bull and face a new threat in Aston Martin.

Jordan told OLBG: “We saw the Mercedes car was poor last year, porpoising up and down but they have eradicated some of that. Lewis Hamilton is a seven-time world champion who has a really impressive teammate in George Russell who was beaten his expectations so far.

“I’m critical of Toto Wolff of how he criticised his engineers and how they took their eye off the ball, it’s all been done under his watch so it’s his responsibility. The book starts with him, Wolff should face the criticism like a man, like a team boss, like a chief executive and face up to the fact that Mercedes have got it wrong.

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“They’re on the same level as Ferrari but not on the same level as Aston Martin or Red Bull.” It comes after Hamilton pointed the blame at Mercedes bosses for not listening to him over the development direction of the new model.

He demanded Mercedes chiefs responsible “own up” and take accountability for any mistakes. After Bahrain, Wolff sent his engineers back to the drawing board to develop a new blueprint.

In Jeddah, the 51-year-old admitted this was in the works and could be similar to Red Bull’s current design.

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He told Sky Sports F1: “If you look at the Red Bulls, they are just so quick. I think we understand the car more and I am looking optimistic for the future. We just need to put it in a different window, we are changing the bodywork of the car, how the floor works, and the team in Brackley is just flat out.

“[Don’t know] if you can call it Red Bull or Aston Martin concept. At the end if it looked like an English double-decker bus, we would do it if it was fast. Put a little Red Bull sticker on it if they want to have it on, it is about raw performance. We have no dogma about who invented it.”

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