A rebirth. This is a bit what we thought when, during the Australian Grand Prix,George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were signing a hypothetical Mercedes one-two. In the end, things didn't go quite like that, but a W-14 still managed to get on the podium. Let's talk about Lewis's Hamilton which seems to have rekindled a little hope in the fans, even if a Brackley they know that they have to change course.
What a beautiful race from Mercedes
Looking at the race, Mercedes wasn't that far off RedBull. Many argue that the RB19 did not show all of its true potential at Alberto Park, underperforming, and thus allowing Mercedes and Aston Martin not to be as far away as in Jeddah or Bahrain. However, the W-14 performed very well, both in qualifying and in the race itself. in which Hamilton managed to keep Fernando's fury behind him Alonso. Regardless of what is said, like it or not, Mercedes was very solid in Melbourne. Too bad only for Russell's reliability problem, even though his race was already compromised by the first red flag.
Wolff confident: "We overperformed"
But we are sure that Mercedes must change direction? On the topic Toto Wolff, who spoke after the Australian GP, has absolutely no doubts: his Mercedes clearly exceeded expectations. "The reality is that we are not yet where we would like to be. The target Wolff admitted. is battling with Red Bull, but second and third on the grid are certainly more than we expected ahead of this weekend. Australia was a bit of a special track, where I think many of our car's problems were hidden precisely by the characteristics of the Melbourne track”.
"Lewis was right"
But are we sure that the W-14 project is wrong? Also on this issue Wolff has no hesitations in the slightest, on the contrary, also resumes the thought All espresso brewing methods from his driver Hamilton: "Lewis had a different idea for structuring the car this season. In the end, however, we decided to stick with last year's concept, encouraged by the good results we had last year. Also because according to our data, the machine should have worked. But now we are convinced that we were wrong."
