Mercedes, developments in Miami to finally take a step forward?

It's no secret, Mercedes is very far from initial expectations. Toto wolff, Lewis Hamilton or even George Russell may have claimed to have a “real racing car” after two complicated years, the W15 does not bring satisfaction, but rather headaches.

The Chinese Grand Prix, outside the Sprint Race (Hamilton 2^e), testified to the difficulties of the Star at the start of the 2024 financial year. Eliminated in Q1 and forced to come back, Lewis Hamilton appeared tense, not hesitating to open his radio channel to rail against the performance of his car before to reach the finish line at 9^e position. An increasingly recurring element lately for the seven-time world champion. George Russell completed a solo race in 6th place^e place and during which he could hope for nothing.

« It's not satisfactory, admitted defeat to Toto Wolff at the end of the Chinese event, almost without response to the situation. The car is difficult to tune and drive, that's why you have these variations in performance (...) So what is it ? This is where we are."

Roll on Florida for Mercedes

The situation is far from alarming but internally we are aware that we still need to speed up things to get out of this negative spiral. Toto Wolff knows it, we must quickly develop the W15 to get back to the top of the table because at the moment Mercedes appears as the 4^e strength of the board, and could even be the 5^e si Aston Martin had two very strong drivers every weekend.

To meet the needs, the Star aims to introduce a burst of developments during the next meeting in Miami (May 3-5). A lot with which the German clan hopes to finally see takeoff. “ For Miami we are bringing new elements and it will be interesting to see how they will behave on the car, continues the main team. Let's see where this takes us. » Lewis Hamilton and George Russell hope for the summits…

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