Mercedes respond to Lewis Hamilton’s “hardest” car comment and tease “interesting projects” for W15 F1 car

Mercedes are working on “some interesting projects” for their 2024 F1 car to give their drivers the confidence they are currently lacking. 
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 n,
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 n,

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton labelled Mercedes’ W14 as the168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: “haཧrdest car that I’🔥ve ever driven to get right” after qualifying at the Singapore Grand Prix as he rued a set-up change that resulted in him ending up off the pace of teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: George Russell

Both Hamilton and Russell have highlighted💫 the difficulties they have had trying to extract the maximum out of Mercedes’ 2023 ♋challenger this year, which has been hamstrung by balance and performance issues. 

ꦍSpeaking at the Japanese Grand Prix, Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin explained the team are working to make sure the W15 has a more consistent baseline.  

“We’re doing a lot of work to try and solve the problems on this car to🎐 make sure we don’🥃t have them next year,” Shovlin said. 

Andrew Shovlin (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 Trackside Engineering Director in the FIA Press Conference. Formula 1 World
Andrew Shovlin (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 Trackside Engineering Director in the FIA Press…

“We have moved it forward. The car we had previously in 2022, that tended to be an awfully way off i𒊎n qualifying, it was generally racing a bit better. The pꦗerformance was very, very track-specific. 

“Some areas we have improvꦐed but the big issue is we are just not quick enough, so we need to find a good chunk of performance to challenge Red Bull in particular. 

“But the other thing is that the field is now super close. You look at some of the gaps we had 12 months ago. You have a decent qualifying position - you might be fourth or fifth on the grid, but you were eight or nine ten🌊ths. Now if you do that, you end up getting bumped off in Q1 or Q2. 

“There’s lots for us to work on and a lot of that will be making sure we can give the drivꦕers the confidence that they are lacking at the moment. 

“That’s the big area [to improve]. ♑We have some in🐬teresting projects and hopefully they’ll come off.” 

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