Ultimatum coming. At Mercedes, the situation is certainly not the best: there are many reflections on the W14 project, as well as the pressure present on engineers who know they can no longer make mistakes.
Lewis attack
"I was wrong to trust them” – with these words Lewis Hamilton he made it clear what his consideration is on the new car that he got to drive both in testing and in the first race of the season. Fifth place brought home in Bahrain certainly did not satisfy the seven-time world champion who was also surpassed by theAston Martin by Fernando Alonso.
Mercedes doesn't work: Elliott risks
The situation is certainly not the best and Mike is in the dock Elliott. In fact, according to what filters, it seems that the Mercedes technical director has received an ultimatum in which he can no longer afford to be wrong. The car seems to give no guarantees, but Elliott still preaches calm: “Last year we had big problems with porpoising. Over the winter we solved many of them and we went to the tests with the feeling of having an important and above all better package to work on. However, we believe we haven't gotten the best out of the car. We're still getting to know her."
“We have another body shop ready”
So Elliott he will still have to work hard to try to improve the performance of a car that may also be abandoned: "We have a different bodywork in the works, which will not be the same as that of the others, nor the one we have now. I can just call it different. The new bellies – said the British DT – they are part of the planned development on the W14. It takes time to bring it because we need to produce new parts and we need to change some parts that are underneath the bodywork to be able to assemble it. We will make his debut as soon as possible ”.
All that remains is to wait
There is one W14-B? If so, when will there be an opportunity to see it? To understand all this, all that remains is to wait for a few more Grand Prix in which, first of all, it will be understood whether Mercedes will officially be third with this car or fourth strength of the world.
