Mercedes going ‘back to basics’ with W15 F1 car as Toto Wolff sets sights firmly on Red Bull
After struggling for the past two seasons since൲ new F1 regulations came into force at the start of 2022, Mercedes are planning a fundamental re-design for their W15 challenger.
Work on next year’s car is already advanced and Wolff, who has skipped t💛he last two races as he continues his rehabilitation from recent knee surgery, has provided an update on Mercedes’ development.
"For 2024 we're going ꦦto change a lot, tryingꦺ to get back to basics,” he told Italian publication .
"I don't want to hear Lewis saying, 'I'm sitting too far ahead with the cockpit, suspension cinematisms that we don't understand and so🍒 on.
“We have to be decided on what we understand and what we don't understand we have to put aside: it's not about technical sophistication ไbut about solid engineering.”
Speaking about the challenges168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton and168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: George Russell are facing with the inconsistent W14, Wolff explained: "The biggest problem is that the drivers dꦫon't have confidence in the W14, in alternate phases on top of that.
“When they curve they don't know how the car will behave, perhaps with different feelings between Hamilton and Russell despite adopting the same set-up.&n💦bsp;
“If you have a solid platform, you take the results home, just look at Albon with 𒅌the Williams, a simple and aerodynamically efficient single-seater without great means.”
Despite lagging behind a superior Red Bull team that have utterly dominated in 2023, Wolff remains confident that Mercedes can catch, and overhaul, their main rival before the next cycle of regulations begins in 2𒈔026.
"I wo�🍎�uldn't be in this sport if I didn't feel I could beat Red Bull before 2026,” he insisted.
“If you think about how much𒀰 Aston Martin grew in the winter and the leap forward made by McLaren during the summer, if we were able to find 3 or 4 tenths we would be back in the game.
“We know that our car is worth something more than it has produced so far, but we have not yet beeꦛn able to figure out how to get there. But that's what allows us to be optimistic."
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