Mercedes falls back into its mistakes in Miami

After an extremely promising Friday, the star brand fell back into trouble in qualifying, then in the race. The good understanding of this W13 is progressing slowly, and if Barcelona does not give more guarantees, Toto Wolff and his troops could quickly turn towards 2023.

Published on 09/05/2022 à 11:43

Valentin GLO

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Mercedes falls back into its mistakes in Miami

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell fighting at the Miami GP (Photo: Florent Gooden / DPPI)

For a moment we thought we had found Mercedes. It was Friday evening, when George Russell set the best time in Free Practice 2 in front of Charles Leclerc and Checo Perez. Had Mercedes finally figured out how to unlock the potential that lies deep within the beautiful W13? “To be honest, I don’t really understand why we started the weekend so well”, immediately cooled Russell. The extreme heat conditions have surely done the greatest good to this delicate W13 when it comes to heating the rubber. But this does not

Valentin GLO

Journalist. Endurance reporter (WEC, IMSA, ELMS, ALMS) and sometimes F1 or IndyCar.

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