The stats behind Mercedes’ worst start to an F1 season in over a decade
Mercedes hꦑave endured their worst start to an F1 season in over a decade - but how does it compare?
It’s been a miserable start for Mercedes in 2024, failing t𝕴o finish on the podium at any of the opening five races.
Astonishingly, in raw performance t⛄erms, Mercedes are slower than two of their customer teams in raw performance terms - McLaren and Aston Martin.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell kicked off Mercedes’ 2024 ca🔯mpaign with a respective ♐P5 at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, finishing behind the two Red Bulls and two Ferraris.
However, since then, Mercedes have s🎉truggled to bag 🐼big points.
On the other side of the garage, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has finished ninth on three occasions, making it his own worst start t꧒o an F1 season.
How bad has it been?
Mercedes’ start to the 2🍎024 F1 season is their worst in over a decade, stretch🐬ing back to 2012.
Mercedes have scored 52 points in the opening five🐈🐽 races.
Only in two other seasons (in the modern era) have they scored fewer points. 2012 ജ(43 points) and 2011 (40 points).
Mercedes’ best to worst starts to F1 season
2019 - 217
2015 - 202
2014 - 197
2020 - 180
2017 - 161
2016 - 157
2018 - 153
2021 - 148
2023 - 96
2022 - 95
2013 - 72
2010 - 72
2024 - 52
2012 - 43
2011 - 40
Can Mercedes turn it around?
Based on the previous two years, probably not.
It appears unlike McLaren and Ferrari, let alone Red Bull, they don’t have a clear grasp of 🍸what works under thisꦕ current set of technical regulations.
Mercedes insist their numbers and da𓂃ta back at base reads well but it doesn’t transpire on track.
Mercedes are introducing a significa✅nt upgrade for Miami as they look to turn their season 💞around.
"I think considering ꦇwhere we put the cars altogether, drivers and team, was not a good position for today. Not good en༺ough overall,” Toto Wolff said on Sunday.
"Lacking pace. We have got to d♉ig deep. We have got something coming for Miami that looks like a good step, let's see where that brings us out.
"It's not an OK car. We can see what the mistakes are on the car. We wanted to go a bit more aggressive to see if it was something so different we needed to do on that c💜ar and you can see Lewis today too🐓k it on him, that was maybe a step too far."
"The ꦚrace car was not fast. You hear him saying the car doesn't turn and this is what we can see in the da⭕ta. it wasn't the right thing to do."
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