Positions to move up
Fourth force in the field, zero podiums obtained and two fifth places as the best results achieved so far this season. These are Mercedes’ numbers after the Monaco roundwhich marked the completion of the first third of the 2024 championship. Never had the Brackley team found itself in such difficulty in the hybrid era of Formula 1 and the road to being able to straighten out the navigation risks still being extremely long and tortuous.
After even brought updates to Munich – a track that is decidedly unsuitable for evaluating progress given the extremely peculiar characteristics of the track – the Anglo-German team will do the same this weekend in Canada. L’real impact of these developments however, he may not be seen before the tenth race of the season, scheduled for Spain on the Barcelona circuit. It will be on the Catalan track, the usual venue for pre-season testing until a few years ago, that the actual value of the ‘new’ W15 will be understood.
Non-stop development
“There’s a reason why teams don’t normally bring upgrade kits to Monaco, which is the low-speed nature of the circuit – Andrew Shovlin began in a video published on the official Mercedes YouTube channel – the fact that it is so busy and the straights are very short makes it difficult to evaluate anything. All the data we have seen, however, says that the updates delivered performance and brought a benefit in terms of the sensations of the car“.
“We will learn more in Montreal – added Shovlin – and then especially when we arrive at a track like Barcelonawhich presents a range of curves with a more varied speed”. Regarding the substance of the innovations that will be tested in Canada Shovlin explained that the team will have “definitely two new front wings on both cars. It’s something we’re working on and we’ll make sure we get it done“.
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