Formula 1: Formula 1 2023 Season – The team of Mercedes has acknowledged their mistakes in the last season and they’re quite determined to do everything in order to make the model a better version. The season opener at the Bahrain Grand Prix did not go well as it should have for Mercedes. With that pace, the Mercedes main driver Lewis Hamilton has stated their car to be unacceptably uncompetitive. Follow Formula 1 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN.
Formula 1: Toto Wolff CONFIDENT Lewis Hamilton to not LEAVE Mercedes after Bahrain SHOCKER, says ‘Lewis is an integral part of the team’
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The seven-time champion already knows any shot at another title this year is gone as Mercedes has accepted they will have to change the design concept of their car.
Mercedes, who struggled with their design last season, decided to stick with it. Clearly, it was a poor decision as Mercedes is very much struggling on the track.
Mercedes has somehow managed to create something similar to the 2022 season car.
Formula 1: Toto Wolff CONFIDENT Lewis Hamilton to not LEAVE Mercedes after Bahrain SHOCKER, says ‘Lewis is an integral part of the team’
Even with the modifications this season, the car lacks downforce, particularly through the fast corners where it is sliding and leaving the drivers unable to put the power down, a hugely compromising flaw.
We know we are not where we need to be. We’ve just got to keep working. We won’t stop till we’re back where we belong. 👊 pic.twitter.com/swjrhdOse7
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) March 6, 2023
Hamilton has also recently expressed his commitment to continuing with Mercedes-Benz Even after the downfall in the pre-season testing.
Wolff mentions Hamilton being an integral part of the team. “ I don’t think that is going to change because we had another start that was really bad. ”, says the team principal.
Formula 1: Toto Wolff CONFIDENT Lewis Hamilton to not LEAVE Mercedes after Bahrain SHOCKER, says ‘Lewis is an integral part of the team’
The Mercedes team has been spending long hours focusing on the flaws of the car And trying to come up with solutions that will help them to come back right on track. With Hamilton’s Mercedes contract up at the end of this season, Wolff was adamant the team would do everything to keep the seven times champion on board.
Aston Martin uses a Mercedes engine, gearbox, and suspension, and they still have managed to emerge as a strong car. The team principal, Toto Wolff, accepts they are investigating all the changes that were made to their design to provide an immediate improvement in pace.
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Hamilton was passed during the race by Fernando Alonso who went on to take third in the Aston Martin. Lewis mentioned that at a point he realised could not defeat The Aston team as they have a better pace.
With F1’s new experiment where they made it mandatory for the drivers to use hard tyres in Q1, mediums in Q2 and then softs in Q3, It could be one of the reasons for Mercedes to fall behind in the track. But Hamilton clearly mentioned, “ it’s not the tires, it’s the car. “ He also accepted that the team has a lot of work to do on the car.
