Mercedes’ head of trackside engineering Andrew Shovlin has sensationally revealed that the team “knew” that the car George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were driving in 2022 was at times “bordering on dangerous”, as the Germans suffered from horrific porpoising at the start of the season. The Brackley-based team’s car wasn’t safe on three occasions, according to Shovlin, with
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Mercedes’ head of trackside engineering Andrew Shovlin has revealed that the Silver Arrows upgraded the tools in their factory last season, with the Germans having been forced to look outside the box to get on top of their porpoising woes. The bouncing phenomena cost Lewis Hamilton and George Russell considerable performance in the first half
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has seemingly revealed that the Germans aren’t going to copy Red Bull’s successful 2022 design for 2023, with the Silver Arrows having kept the same shape from their W13 challenger. Red Bull boss Christian Horner is expecting to see many teams use their design philosophy for 2023, with the Austrians
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Mercedes’ head of trackside engineering Andrew Shovlin has revealed that the team didn’t think they were in a “bad place” with the W13 pre-season, with their 2022 struggles having appeared to be a shock to the usually unstoppable Germans. Since the start of the hybrid era in 2014, Formula 1 fans have become used to the Brackley-based outfit
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Coming into 2022, Mercedes had won eight constructors’ championships in a row and with good reason. The Silver Arrows have consistently churned out title winning cars since the major regulation changes in 2014, often baffling fans with their ever-impressive feats of engineering. The W11 in 2020 is commonly known amongst fans as one of the
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After a year full of so much disappointment, Mercedes might just claim their first victory of the season at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday; at least, they’ll have their best chance of doing so. It really is remarkable that Mercedes searching for their first win is even as big a talking point as it
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It appears that there are drastically differing opinions among the teams in Formula 1, with a new approach in regard to awarding a black and orange flag having been taken by the FIA following requests by some sides. The whole situation arose following the conclusion of the United States Grand Prix a couple of weeks
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Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes have just two races remaining until they can say a pleasurable goodbye to 2022 and the woeful W13; however, they’ll be doing all they can to end the year on a high. It is incredibly difficult to comprehend that a side that has enjoyed as much dominance as Mercedes since 2014 are yet
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All eyes will be on Mercedes during the Mexican Grand Prix this weekend, as the Silver Arrows will run their new front-wing on both cars at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Circuit. The Germans’ new front-wing made a short appearance at the United States Grand Prix last weekend during FP1; however, it wasn’t used for the
MoreIt would seem somewhat impossible to believe that the FIA could make their lives any more difficult, or actually confuse teams even more than they already have done this season; however, that’s exactly what they’ve done to Mercedes at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix. Given the current ‘Cashgate’ scandal and the anger generated by the handling
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