Mercedes detail ‘very ambitious targets’ for 2024 F1 car with big changes coming
After nearly two full seasons of competitive struggles, Mercedes are set𝓡 to fundamentally oveᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrhaul their car design for 2024 in a bid to get back on level terms with runway F1 leaders Red Bull.
Mercedes’ W14 car has been plagued by handling and balance inconsistencies that have left drivers 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell lacking coꦰnfidence, particu💧larly in high-speed corners.
Those weaknesses are a major ꦚfocus in the development of Mercedes’ 20💧24 challenger.
"We are changing the car🐈 quite considerably for next year," Mercedes’ trackside engineering director Shovlin explained ꦏat the Japanese Grand Prix.
"Whether or not we can solve all the 𒆙issues that we've got on the handling, that will depend on a number o𝓰f projects delivering.
"Those projects are underway. They are no🍷t complete, but we have got some good directions to try anꦇd improve that.”
Shovlin added: “The car will be different. We have ꦺmade a lot of changes to it but it's very early in the development of the new🍒 car to be able to say we've got it sorted.
"When we launc🔴hed our best cars, 2015 or 2019, those years, we didn't know they were going to be great cars when we developed them, you are just working as hard as you can trying to find as much performance as you can.
"On a lot of those cars, we missed targets by quite a chunk in terms of per𝔉formance but what we do know is that if you don't set very ambitious targets, you're probably not setting them high enough.”
Shovlin also ꧋confirmed that Mercedes wil🐟l not be “clinging on to any concepts that we’ve had before”.
That will come as welcome news to﷽ seven-tim💖e world champion Hamilton, who has been ‘beating the drum’ to his Mercedes team about fixing the problems with their current car.
🌺"I know what the problem is; it's just getting the guys to make the changes,” Hamilton said in Japan. “I try to argue my point but it is not my job to design the car.
"I am hopeful they dꦿo the job but it is going to take real changes rea♕l quick."
Hamilton168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: pai♏d a visit to see Mercedes' designers duꦓring a t꧒rip to the factory following the Japanese Grand Prix.
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