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		</div><p>Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes ignored him over the development of this season’s Formula One car.</p>
<p>Seven-time world champion Hamilton finished fifth in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, over 50 seconds behind race winner Max Verstappen.</p>
<p>It was a sobering result for Hamilton, who complained before the race that Mercedes are on the “wrong track” and “either third or fourth”.</p>
<figure id="attachment_178033" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-178033" style="width: 800px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/72821A47-83D6-4BCD-81FA-3002D7B1A128.webp" alt="" width="800" height="504" class="size-full wp-image-178033" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-178033" class="wp-caption-text">Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and George Russell finished fifth and seventh at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.</figcaption></figure>
<p>“Last year, there were things I told them. I said the issues that are with the car,” Hamilton told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Chequered Flag podcast on Wednesday.</p>
<p>“I’ve driven so many cars in my life. I know what a car needs. I know what a car doesn’t need. I think it’s really about accountability.</p>
<p>“It’s about owning up and saying, ‘Yeah, you know what? We didn’t listen to you. It’s not where it needs to be and we’ve got to work’,” he said.</p>
<p>“We’ve got to look into the balance through the corners, look at all the weak points and just huddle up as a team. That’s what we do.</p>
<p>“We’re still (multiple) world champions, you know? Just haven’t got it right this time. Didn’t get it right last year. But that doesn’t mean we can’t get it right moving forwards.”</p>
<p>Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff said in Bahrain that the Silver Arrows, who won eight consecutive Constructors’ Championships prior to last season, will have to abandon their controversial zero-sidepod concept in order to challenge again.</p>
<p>Most of the grid have followed the design philosophy pioneered by Red Bull last year when Verstappen dominated – and Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate George Russell has predicted that the Dutchman’s team will win all 23 races this year.</p>
<p>Wolff said: “We have lost a year in development. In order to have a steeper development curve, you just need to take these decisions. Aston Martin took that decision and they came back strong.</p>
<p>“If we start from our base, maybe we can come back strong and chase the Red Bulls. That’s the ambition.”</p>
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