Mercedes issue glowing review of W14 upgrades: “From here we seek performance”
The developed parts which first appeared a week ago in Monaco have received their first proper run at the F1 Spanish Grand Prix, and hav🧔e left team principal Toto Wolff beaming.
That is despite 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell’s collision - which dampened a🌠 b🃏right performance in Barcelona.
“I think it's 🅠solid,” Wolff said about 🎐the upgraded W14.
“I think we should have been right behind Max Verstappen. This is what we have seen after FP3 where we felt we had something in the bꩲag.
“That's why the disapp🏅ointment is big - because we expecꦡted more.”
But to have disappointment at not achievin﷽g more is a major step forwards for Mercedes, whose W14 was wretched at the start of 2023, continuing the legacy of the W13 which Hamilton failed to win a single race in last season.
“I think it is a new baseline,” Wolff said about the latest verꦚsion of this year’s car.
“It is from where we can continue to work with a cer🌌tain stability. And without needing to question certain parts of the car - whether it's the bodywork, the floor, or the front suspensi🧸on.
“It is now estab♔lished and thဣis is what we are taking forward now.
“I'm of the belief that this car𝓀 i꧑s now a solid baseline.
“There's no more talk about changing the regulaജtions, raising the floor edges✱.
“The bouncing is a non-existent to▨pic anymore. That did happen in qualifying, but we know whic𒁃h direction we should have gone.
“It is from here now we can seek performౠance, downforce, and all that. But obviously with the caveat that you can get it very wrong with the tyr🍷es.
“That's why you see these massive s🌠wings between team-mates, and swings in performance de﷽pending on the ambient and track conditions.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sportsꦺ, to football, to F♓1.
