The stats behind Mercedes’ worst start to an F1 season in over a decade
Mercedes have endured their worst start to an F1 season in over a decade - bu💝t how does it compare?
It’s been a miserable start for Mercedes iꦕn 2024, failing to finish꧅ on the podium at any of the opening five races.
Astonishingly, in raw perf🌄ormance terms, Mercedes are slower than two of their customer teams in raw performance terms - McLaren and Aston 🐷Martin.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell kicked off Mercedes’ 2024 campaign with a respective P5 at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, finishing behind the two Red Bulls and two🌟 Ferraris.
Hoꦆwever, since then, Merc🌺edes have struggled to bag big points.
On the other side of the garage, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has finished ninth on three occasions, making it his🌊 own worst start to an F1 season.
How bad has it been?
Mercedeꦬs’ start to the 2🃏024 F1 season is their worst in over a decade, stretching back to 2012.
Mercedes have scored 52 points 💟in the opening five races.
Only in two other seasons (in th꧒e modern era) have they scored fewer points. 2012 (43 points) and 2011 (40 points).
Mercedes’ best to worst starts to F1 season
2019 - 217
2015 - 202
2014 - 197
2020 - 180
2017 - 161
2016 - 157
2018 - 153
2021 - 148
2023 - 96
2022 - 95
2013 - 72
2010 - 72
2024 - 52
2012 - 43
2011 - 40
Can Mercedes turn it around?
Based on the previous two years, probably not.
It app🐲ears unlik𝓰e McLaren and Ferrari, let alone Red Bull, they don’t have a clear grasp of what works under this current set of technical regulations.
Mercedes insist their numbers and data back at base reads well but i♔t doesn’t transpire on track.
Mercedes are introducing a significant upgrade for Miami as they look to turn their season a🎃round.
"I think considering where we put the cars altogether, dr𒊎ivers and team, was not a good position for today. Not good enough overall,” Toto Wolff said on🉐 Sunday.
"Lacking pace. We have got to dig deep. We have got something coming for Mi💜ami that looks like a good step, let's see where that brings us out.
"It's not an OK car. We can see what the mistakes are on the car. We wanted𝓰 to go a bit more aggressive to see if it was something so different we needed to do on that car and you can see Lewis today took it on him, that was maybe a step too far."
"The race car was not fast. You hear him saying 🐼the car doesn't turn and this is what we can see in the data. it wasn't the right thing to do."
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