There Mercedes started 2023 by realizing that the aerodynamic concept ‘zero bellies’ is not intended to be competitive enough to think of undermining Red Bull, which has evolved the RB18 into the RB19 by digging a significant gap with the rest of the competition. Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez dominated both in Bahrain and in Saudi Arabia and Fernando Alonso always placed behind them with the Aston Martin, a car, the AMR23, which was ironically defined as another Red Bull by Sergio Perez with Christian Horner who instead stated that Aston Martin has something familiar.
Jordan versus Wolff
Toto Wolff already declared in Sakhir that the W14 was a car to be thrown away, not reserving criticism for the technicians, but reiterating that no heads will be cut off within the Mercedes technical organization chart. According to Eddie Jordan, the Austrian manager would have done better to take on his responsibilities: “We saw that last year the Mercedes car was poor, with ups and downs, but they have eliminated part of this problem – the words of the Irishman reached by the British betting portal olbg – Lewis Hamilton is a seven-time world champion who has a very impressive teammate in George Russell who has exceeded all expectations thus far. I am critical of Toto Wolff for how he criticized his engineers and how he tried to deflect his responsibilities, but it was all done under his supervision, so the responsibility is his. Everything starts from him, Wolff should face criticism like a man, like a team boss, like a CEO and face the fact that Mercedes was wrong. They are on the same level as Ferrari, but not Aston Martin or Red Bull. Aston Martin is made up of a number of people who come from Red Bull and have the Mercedes engine with Fernando Alonso driving the car. They’ve scored two podiums and that’s a great thing for F1. If there weren’t this enthusiasm and Red Bull continued to win the championship, Mercedes’ decline would be even more evident.”
The new Mercedes at Imola
Faced with the failure of the W14, zero bis sides a 2.0 version of the Mercedes 2023 is expected at Imola with news that will not necessarily be clearly inspired by the Red Bull philosophy. George Russell already stated in Bahrain that from his point of view it is correct to sacrifice part of this season to aim to win with a car revolutionized in the second half of the season.
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