Mercedes doesn't expect to solve its problems 'overnight'

As in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) in March, Mercedes once again suffered the blow in Imola (Italy) last weekend. Trapped by rain in qualifying, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were eliminated at the gates of Q3. If the second city saved the furniture with an unexpected 4^e place, his teammate could not do better than 13^e. And as if that wasn’t enough, his tormentor of the 2021 season Max Verstappen took a turn in the race reflecting all the difficulties of the Brackley team.

This moment where Max Verstappen takes a turn on Lewis Hamilton 😳📻

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« It was a very tough weekend, recognizes Andrew Shovlin, director of track engineering at Mercedes, when debriefing the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. We know where we are right now, we know how far behind we have to get to get where we want to be. As a team, we are very focused on the technical challenge of this, and it is a very interesting challenge.

These are new problems for us, which we must understand and master. We're moving forward day by day, learning more about it and hopefully soon, maybe as early as Miami, we can start putting new parts on the car that will give us an indication that we're moving forward. in the right direction... »

In the oven and in the mill to try to make up for a delay which can be estimated at around 7 tenths on Ferrari et Red Bull, Mercedes wants to be optimistic for the weeks to come. However, the management of the Star remains lucid and knows that the miracle solution will not be found in a snap of the fingers.

« We don't expect to resolve the issue overnight, continues Andrew Shovlin. But if we can get a clue that we're in the right direction, that we've really dug in, then we'll be satisfied that we're on the right track.. » Come to Miami (May 6-8) to get a first answer.

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