Mercedes technical director James Allison is under no threat of losing his job de🎃spite the team’s abysmal start to the 2024 F1 season.

He team sit fourth in the F1 constructors’ championship after five rounds, 44 points behind customer team McLare🃏n.

In a bid to turn their fortunes aroundꦇ, Allison was drafted back in as technical director in the middle of last year, replacing Mike Elliott.

All🎉ison has been a big part of Mercedes’ success in the hybrid era, joining the team in 2017.

Even though Mercedes were winning prior to Allison’s arrival, from 2018 onwards, Mercedes stole a march on their rivals on the ch🌠assis side - not just relying on their incredible power unit.

In 2021, he became chief technical officওer of Mercedes-AMG, also becoming the CTO at Ineos Team UK Britannia's America's Cup team, thus reducing his role within the F1 team.

Allison’s retur🅰n as technical director was expected to result in a Mercedes resurgence whi☂ch hasn’t quite materialised.

Despite their poor start, Allison’s posit🌱ion in the team is under no threat, according to veteran F1 journalist Andrew Benson.

“The issue isn’t a management issue, it’s a technical understanding issue, Benson said on Th❀e Chequered Flag Podcast.

“He’s [Wolff] n𝓀ot designi🎃ng the car, the issue is the car design.

“Now, so that then passes the question ont💙o the technical department, are they going to make changesꦗ there?

“Maybe, but are they lik💟ely to replace James Allison as technical director? I’d🌼 be absolutely dumbstruck if they did.

“James Allison is incredibly highly regarded; most people would regard him as the second-best tꦦechnical leader in Formula 1 behind Adrian Newey.

“I think most people would think they’d lost their 🐽marbles if they got rid of Allison.”