Ralf Schumacher accepts Lewis Hamilton needs to hold his hands up and surrender George Russell is right now the more grounded force at Mercedes.
Four races into his full-time Mercedes F1 vocation, Russell has a 21-point advantage throughout the seven-time previous World Champion in the Drivers' standings.
Obviously, both of the British pair are attempting to get execution out of the vigorously 'porpoising' W13 vehicle, which is wealthy the speed of the front-running Ferrari and Red Bull - and at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix they were additionally behind McLaren.
However, it is presently three races in succession that Russell has completed in front of Hamilton, which is plainly a circumstance the 37 year old necessities to address having previously governed himself out of dispute for an eighth title.
Schumacher, champ of six grands prix for Williams somewhere in the range of 2001 and 2003, doesn't really accept that it is down to karma that Russell holds the advantage as far as focuses at this stage in the wake of completing fourth at Imola with Hamilton down in thirteenth.
"We likewise need to discuss Lewis Hamilton, obviously," expressed Schumacher in his section for Sky Germany, having proactively examined his nephew Mick's challenges and proposed Aston Martin's twofold focuses finish at Imola could be a "tiny blip on the radar".
"He needs to wonder why George Russell is such a ton quicker than him. A thirteenth spot is obviously not Hamilton's desire.
"He needs to confess to himself that Russell is the better driver at this moment. Assuming this go on in the following couple of weeks, it will be energizing in the group. There could be changes in the positioning."
In any case, Schumacher disagrees with Red Bull counsel Helmut Marko who expressed, regardless of whether jokingly, that Hamilton "perhaps ought to have pondered halting" toward the finish of last year despite the fact that the German figures he might have been hindered by driving an altogether new vehicle because of the much-changed guidelines.
"I'm a long way from saying Hamilton has passed up this great opportunity on finishing his vocation," said the 46-year-old, who likewise dashed for Jordan and Toyota during his 11 seasons on the Formula 1 framework.
"Lewis is as yet quite possibly of the best driver in the field, that is clear.
"In any case, the new ideas expect drivers to change a little. Hamilton isn't so accustomed to it. Russell, then again, is a youthful driver. They clearly adapt better to it."
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