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Villeneuve: Hamilton woes mean 'big backlash' for Mercedes
Jacques Villeneuve says Lewis Hamilton's megastar status in F1 means that a prolonged period of underperformance for the Briton could generate a backlash for Mercedes as the seven-time world champion "doesn't have the right not to be competitive". For the first time since the advent of the hybrid era in F1 in 2014, Mercedes has been reduced to playing a secondary role in the championship battle. The Brackley squad's long-standing supremacy has crumbled on the back of F1's new regulations, with the performance of its new-generation Silver Arrow impaired by the complexities of its aerodynamics and its chronic porpoising effect. But while George Russell has made the most of the...
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