Heading into the 2023 season, Mercedes made the bold choice to stick with their zero sidepod design, even after limping to a third-place finish in last year’s championship. The team believed that this design was not the direct cause of last year’s problems and hoped that by developing this pathway further they would once again
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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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Coming into the 2023 season, Mercedes were expected to be completely different to how they were last season, having only won a single race in 2022. Bizarrely, the Silver Arrows arrived in Bahrain with a W14 design that resembled the W13 a lot, with the zero sidepod approach being continued despite last year’s struggles. Mercedes
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Heading into the 2023 season, Mercedes were expected to be a team reborn, having limped to a third-place finish in last year’s championship. The W13 was a car that will haunt Mercedes forever, with its major porpoising problem and general lack of performances making the car well below the usual standards of the Silver Arrows.
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The 2023 season opener in Bahrain saw Mercedes’ worst fears realised, as the team had actually fallen back in the pecking order rather than progressed forward. Having struggled to compete with Ferrari and Red Bull last year, it was expected that Mercedes would make drastic changes and improvements over the winter to return to title
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Lewis Hamilton is clearly not pleased with Mercedes, as they have once again designed a car that is unable to compete with Red Bull and Ferrari. In fact, it seems Aston Martin have even leapfrogged the Silver Arrows this year, so 2023 is shaping up to be a challenging year for the seven-time world champion.
MoreMercedes team principal Toto Wolff revealed just how well himself and new Ferrari boss Frederic Vasseur know each other, by sharing a hilarious story about the Frenchman. Vasseur and Wolff have known one another for many years, to the point where Vasseur used to stay at the Austrian’s home in England when he was briefly
MoreMercedes team principal Toto Wolff is in a defiant mood seemingly, despite the Germans’ miserable start to the season last weekend in Bahrain. It was a troubling weekend at the Bahrain International Circuit for the Brackley-based team, as their disappointing pre-season was followed by an equally disappointing first race of the season. Lewis Hamilton finished
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Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur and Mercedes boss Toto Wolff were in good spirits before their disappointing Bahrain Grand Prix, with Wolff having played with the Frenchman’s ear whilst he was giving an interview. Wolff and Vasseur have been seen in the paddock chatting together several times over the years, with Vasseur’s new job at
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After only scoring a single win last season, it was expected that Mercedes would enter 2023 with a brand new and competitive idea, having learned from the failures of the W13. Last year’s car struggled with a major porpoising problem and a general lack of performance, therefore leaving fans shocked when the W14 drove out
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