James Allison “very involved” in new Mercedes W16 as it hits the track in Bahrain
Mercedes' 2025 car has took to the tr🔯ack for the first 💛time in Bahrain.
Mercedes’ 2025 F1 car - the W16 - has hit the track for the fiಞrst time as Toto Wolff noted J𒉰ames Allison’s influence in designing the new car.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell took to the B♔ahrain International Circuit on Tuesday to give the W16 its first shakedown ahead o🃏f pre-season testing.
Mercedes are one of the final teams to 🌃conduct a shakedown in their new car, with Rꦕed Bull also doing the same today.
It’s also Mercedes’ first car without 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton sinc♒e 2012, after the seven-time world champion switched to Ferrar𝔉i.
The shakedown ran smoothly for Mercedes as t𒁃hey prepared for three days of testing in 🐻Bahrain.
The W16 hits the track for the first time😍
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1)
All 10 teams will be in💎 action tomorrow as testing begins ahead of the new season.
Mercedes have struggled for consistency across the last three seasons - since ꦆthe introduction of the ‘ground effect’ rules in 2022.
Mercedes have picked up jus🌸t five wins -🦄 four in 2024 alone.
Mike Elliott spearheaded Mercedes’ technical department until the middle of 2023, befo💎re the return of Alliso♋n.
Speaking to Sky Sports News, Wolff was asked about Allison’s involvement and the general approach from Mercedes heading int༺o the new season.
“Yes, he’s been very involved and obviously it’s not down to one person but I feel the organisation has tried really hard to understand what the def♑icits are albeit we’re going into the last year of these regulations we want to prove to ourselves that we’ve understood,” Wolff explained.
New era for Mercedes without Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes chose 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Kimi Antonelli as Hamilton’s replacement for 2025.
Antonelli is viewed as a generational talent, effectively Mercedes’ very own 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.
Verstappe🐼n was promoted to Red Bull after just one full season in F1, winning on his debut for the team at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.
Antonelli could break Verstappen’s record and become the youngest winner in F1 history if he is victorious in any of the opening three eve꧟nts of 2025.
On the other side of the garage, Russell feels he’s ready to take the fight to Verstappen for the title - if Mercedes give him the tools ꩵto do so.
Mercedes have struggled with incon꧑sistency since the start of 2022.
Throughout last year, their car tended to only perform in cooler conditions or tra🔯cks which required low l🎉evels of downforce.
As a result, they finished a distant fourth in the 2024 F1 construcꩲtors’ standings.
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