Having won eight constructors’ championship titles in a row over the last decade, Mercedes have remained incredibly consistent behind closed doors, with their staff and driver lineups remaining very similar. In recent years some changes have begun to be made however, with chief technical official James Allison having move to work on the INEOS Team
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After limping to a third place finish in last seasons’ constructors’ championship, it seemed that the only way was up for Mercedes in 2023. Under the new regulations, the team got their design for the W13 completely wrong and suffered with a severe porpoising problem and a general lack of performance. The Silver Arrows surprisingly
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After struggling so much in 2022 with the W13, it was expected that Mercedes would turn up to pre-season testing in Bahrain this year with a radically different car. To many fans’ surprise, other than the colour, the W14 did not look too dissimilar to the W13, which struggled with a major porpoising problem and
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As expected, Mercedes are set to introduce a new rear wing at this weekend’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, after having run a large double spoon rear wing throughout pre-season testing. Due to having run such a large rear wing last week during testing, Mercedes were the slowest team in the top speed charts, according to Auto
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When the regulations underwent a major overhaul ahead of last season, teams were forced to decipher the new rules and try to find the best possible design for their car. The sidepods were a major point of difference, with many different approaches to this part of the car being seen up and down the paddock.
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Mercedes technical director Mike Elliot has revealed that the team’s poor straight-line speed from pre-season testing isn’t a true reflection of the W14’s actual speed, with the Germans having purposefully slowed Lewis Hamilton and George Russell down. After having been one of the slowest teams in a straight-line last season, the straight-line speed data from
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With the 2023 season fast approaching, every team on the grid will be looking to utilise every single second of pre-season testing, to give them the best possible chance of starting the season strong. Ferrari took advantage of this last season, preparing well any flying out of the block at the Bahrain Grand Prix to
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In what was possibly the most excited car launch yet, Mercedes showed off the W14 to the world on Wednesday, with the livery returning to black after a year in silver. The car itself looks relatively similar to the W13, which struggled for performance for the majority of 2022 until Mercedes figured out the best
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Mercedes technical director Mike Elliot has revealed that the Silver Arrows “knew” ahead of the 2022 season that bouncing would be present in the new aerodynamic era of Formula 1; however, the Germans had no idea of “how serious” their porpoising issues would be. 2022 was traumatic for Mercedes, with the Silver Arrows having made
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Mercedes technical director Mike Elliot has revealed that the Silver Arrows were “surprised” that no other team had discovered a “loophole” with the new aerodynamic regulations last season, with the Germans having designed the ‘zero sidepods’ as a result of it. Whilst the Brackley-based team knew that they’d be the only team with a ‘zero-pod’ design
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