Toto Wolff has admitted that Mercedes have a “fundamental issue” which the team “haven’t solved” as they look to return to the front of F1.

Mercedes have endured a sluggish start to the 2024 F1 seaso💛n, scoring justꦯ 26 points in the opening three races.

It equaled their worst start to a campaign since 2012, where they had just 26 points following the Chinese Grand Prix which Nico Ros💙berg won.

Muchꦬ was expected from Mercedes in 2024 after they drastically re-designed their car.

The driver position was adjusted following a request from 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton, while the susp𓃲ension and general architecture was adjusted.

Mercedes also reverted to a more conventional car concept, moving away from their aggressive ‘zero-pod’🐟 look, but so far at least, it’s not worked out.

Speaking to , Wolff conced💮ed that Mercedes ‘lost their way’ at the start of 🗹the new rules.

“I think we’ve lost our way in the beginning of ‘22 because all of our tools and systems gave us cars that were winning championships everﷺy single year but then the new regulations were very much around the ground effect - all the suction happens throug꧃h the floor,” he said.

“We༺ came out with a car that showed all the promises on the data and the wind tunnel, but it didn’t deliver. Since then we’ve changed everything.

“The layout, the suspension, the driver position, the gearboxes, but it se🎶ems the fundamental issue is at the core and we haven’t solved tha𝔉t.”

Mercedes have started weekends ꧙strongly in 2024 before falling away in the race.

Wolff suggeꩲsted Mercedes might need to “experiment” at every single race with their car setup in a bid to reach their performance ceiling. 

“I think we are coming to a point now where we nee🔜d to experiment every single race, not only on Fridays because our performance seems to get worse throughout the weekend,” heꦰ added.

“We’re good on Friday, we’re good in some of the s♍𝓰essions on Saturday but the more grip we have the faster it goes the more we reach the performance ceiling of the car. Our data shows us it’s not the ceiling.”