Former Formula 1 driver Christian Danner says the buck stops with Mercedes boss Toto Wolff as far as their failure to launch a title challenge this year. The new technical regulations brought about the return of ground effect aerodynamics in 2022 and, as such, a completely new philosophy was needed as to how to design
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Mercedes technical director Mike Elliott has confirmed that the Silver Arrows will be installing upgrades onto their W13 for next weekend’s British Grand Prix. The Silver Arrows have been inconsistent so far in 2022, with their misbehaving car working well at some circuits, but horribly at others as they endeavour to put a stop to
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes that the Silverstone circuit may be kinder to his team than Monaco, Baku and Montreal, but warns that they cannot rest on their laurels. Monaco and Baku are entirely made up of streets and public roads, while the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal is made up partly of public
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Under the aerodynamic testing regulations [ATR], the FIA have given Mercedes 10 percent more testing time than they had in the first half of the 2022 season. ATR is a sliding scale of wind time and computational fluid dynamics [CFD] items that teams are allowed, with the front-running team getting the least, and last-placed team
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Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has shown little sympathy with any drivers who are not “comfortable” racing under the new technical regulations. This year saw the return of ground effect aerodynamics to the cars, which are aimed at allowing cars to follow more easily and improve the racing spectacle. While it has been successful
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto was left confused as to the speed of Mercedes’ turnaround of an additional floor stay ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix. The FIA passed a technical directive (TD) ahead of the weekend that was designed to limit “porpoising” and bouncing for safety reasons. It came after Mercedes pair Sir Lewis
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Haas driver Mick Schumacher strolled into the Mercedes garage during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, much to the bemusement of team principal Toto Wolff. The Mercedes social media admin was asking motorsport communications director Bradley Lord what was happening in the session but, before he could answer, he spotted a lost Haas driver walking through
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Double world champion Mika Hakkinen has sided with Mercedes on the “porpoising” and bouncing debate, asserting that safety is paramount. Mercedes’ George Russell and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz have called for action to be taken on the phenomenon brought out by the new technical regulations this year before someone gets hurt. Russell’s team-mate, Sir Lewis Hamilton,
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto was left with questions after the Canadian Grand Prix as to the technical directive (TD) that was introduced by the FIA. The governing body acted on the feedback from Mercedes pair of George Russell and Sir Lewis Hamilton at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, when both suffered from a dangerous amount
MoreGeorge Russell appeared to agree with team principal Toto Wolff’s assessment that Mercedes’ pace did at times look fairly strong, but he warns that they are still some way off Red Bull and Ferrari. Russell took a gamble in wet conditions on Saturday to go onto Slicks, but his late qualifying gamble did not pay
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