The moment of truth yes it approaches. At Mercedes, with the sixth race of the season at Barcelonathe time has come to reckon on the trend of this vintage.
The Catalan watershed
The start of the season by the German stable he certainly did not comply with the expectations. Many problems had on the W13 which still does not satisfy Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. However, news is expected for Barcelona, especially as regards the phenomenon posing always present. The Montmelò race will be a real watershed for Mercedes: the W13 project it is quite to delete?
Word to Russell
There are difficulties for now, yes undeniable. Russell knows, and admits"The performance is there, we just have to try to unlock it. We still don't understand why the machine is so unpredictable. When we porpoising even when cornering the car is a Killer to drive“.
The car is fast
But the car is there. Russell believes it and is convinced that the W13 is a great car"We have always known that we have a very fast car. Friday was an outlier and we can't figure out why. Lewis did a good job in qualifying on Saturday even though his fastest laps were on Friday. Every other rider has improved by over a second on us.”
“I think P5 and P6 is where we deserve to be for the moment. Obviously at some circuits we go slower than at others, especially on Saturdays and this makes our Sunday difficult. We just have to compare the data and try to figure out what's wrong. It's all very strange, this sport is fun and these cars are really challenging."
STATEMENT SOURCE: F1in general
