Mercedes’ 2022 campaign was dominated by the porpoising phenomenon - the bouncing✨ sensation on the straights.

Mercedes⛄ ultimately endured their worst season since 2012, taking just one win across the entire 22-race season.

The eight-time constructors’ champions couldn’t get on top of the issue, meani🍷ng they were unable to run their car 🤪at an optimum level, costing themselves much-needed downforce and lap time.

Mercedes’ form slowly improved by the end of the year, with168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 now optimistic of a strong F1 2023.

Reflecting on the porpoising issue, Wolff admitted the lack of testing contributed more than the restrꦓictions in finances due to the cost cap.

“Of course we could have injected more capital,” Wolff told AMuS. “But in the end you are limited by the few test days. The virtual world of the wind tunnel, CFD and simulations did not solve our problem. Our data sim🤡ply did n𒅌ot show it.

“Bouncing cannot be simulated in the wind tunnel. This, of course, misleads the simulations. There, too, it w𒉰as learning by doing. Every step we took on the track, using the weekends as a ꦛtest, brought us millimetres closer to our understanding of the car.”

Wolff also explained how the cost cap has had a significant impact on M🐭ercedes, who have been one of F1’s biggest spenders over the years.

“If you have to take out 100 million, that means restructuring,” Wolff added. What does that mean? Analysing proc🦩esses according to their costs, setting prioriti🐼es and adjusting them. Before it was: ‘We do this and that’. Now the decision is: ‘We do this or that.’

“We have gone through a very diffi🦹cult time to adapt. Our finance department has grown from 16 tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚo 45 staff to reflect the processes.

“Example: When a piece of aluminium tube becomes a wheel carrier, we don’t just need to know what the tube costs. We💝 need to understand the entire process behind it. From that you work out priorities – between the engineers and the accountants. That will give us an advantage in the medium term. Everybody has to go through that. Even the teams that are under the budget cap today.”