We are only in the fifth race of the season, but there are already those who have realized that they have gone completely the wrong way. Let's talk about Mercedes. The Brackley stables, after a difficult start to the season, has chosen to overturn the plans of its W14, in the hope of shaking up this vintage.
Mercedes, you weren't ugly in Miami
As we know, this year, Mercedes has continued to follow the path taken in 2022. The W14 is in fact a car that, conceptually speaking, is an evolution of the W13. However, the results have not yet arrived, even if a Miami we saw a good car in the race that still managed to place ahead of the Ferrari with Russell fourth, followed by Sainz, and Hamilton sixth, followed by Leclerc.
Wolff: "We will change a lot, but it will take time to get back strong"
Despite this, Mercedes decided: in Imola you change. For a few weeks, in fact, there has been a lot of talk about one Mercedes B version, less extreme and closer to the Red Bull prototype, which we will see making its debut at the Enzo and Dino Ferrari racetrack in two weeks. On the matter, however, the team principal Toto Wolff it was very clear: it will take a long time time to go up. In this regard, we report his statements collected by Motorsport.com: “We have to manage our expectations, because we will be bringing an update package to Imola which will consist of new suspension parts, bodywork and other things. But in my 15-year Formula 1 career, I've never seen anything introduced that suddenly unlocks half a second of performance. So, I highly doubt that will happen to us this year."
“It will be a very important change”
“What I expect, however, is that some variables that lead us not to understand the single-seater are taken off the table. I hope that we can come to have a more stable foundation and that we can see where the starting point is and what can be done from there. We're introducing new bodywork, new underbody and new front suspension, which is pretty big. It's a pretty large operation. A great intervention. We will have to learn a lot and look for correlations from virtual simulations, where our lap time is good".
Mercedes, therefore, will change very soon: this will be the key to the restart? Word, as always, to the track.
