Not the beginning hoped for and, above all, wanted. In home Mercedes la situation does not seem to be easy at all, considering the Bahrain GP and the difficult start in Jeddah. In fact, in yesterday's free practice, Hamilton concluded the FP2 in eleventh position, while Russell still managed to bring home a good fifth place.
Mercedes, not a very positive start
Although we are only at the second race of the season, Mercedes has already understood the mistake made: giving project continuity to the 2022 model. A bad mistake that is in fact the basis of this lackluster performance. In Brackley they know it, so much so that one has been circulating in recent days News on the possibility that at Imola Mercedes will welcome a W14-B, completely different from the current one.
Wolff: "We will change car"
With the start of the weekend in Saudi Arabia, this indiscretion has found confirmationto. The team made the announcement principal Pools Wolff. Here are his words: "We have already decided what to do: we will change the car. We are talking about a process that already started two weeks ago. It is obviously more difficult to change and do it with the budget cap, but we will get closer to the other teams, after all we are the only team that is completely different from the others".
W14-B at Imola?
When asked when the Brackley-based team will show the new car, Wolff replied: “Imola would not be a bad stage. We will have a few weeks to work, so it is right to take that into consideration. This time we will be ready: we all made mistakes, starting with me who is the team principal, but we will all start again together".
