Mercedes was no further off pole this year in BahrainGP than it was at the same point 12 months ago. But this time Toto Wolff is clear the team needs to abandon its current car concept. Here's what has changed:
had sat down with the engineers, team boss Toto Wolff declared that title hopes were all but over and that a new car concept was needed. “We gave it our best shot all over the winter, and now we just need to all regroup and sit down with the engineers, who are totally not dogmatic about anything.
Chief among these is that Mercedes knows it is a completely different situation to last year when there was a mismatch between the potential of the W13 and what it was seeing on track. That is not the game-changing performance Mercedes needs to be able to take on the might of Red Bull,and now Aston Martin, who themselves are also likely to be bringing further upgrades to their cars over the next weeks.
With Aston Martin having the same power unit, gearbox and rear suspension as Mercedes, there are some clear answers about where the W14 package is lacking. And, with most of the grid having changed tack to pursue the Red Bull downwash solution that looks dominant again, there seems little doubt that Mercedes too will have to swallow its pride and look at it.
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