Toto Wolff has admitted that Mercedes have a “fundamental issue” which the team “haven’t solved” as they look to return to the front of F1.

Mercedes h🃏ave endured a sluggish start to the 2024 F1 season, scoring just 26 points in the opening three races.

It equale💯d their worst start to a campaign🥂 since 2012, where they had just 26 points following the Chinese Grand Prix which Nico Rosberg won.

Much 𝕴was expected from Mercedes in 2024 after they drastically re-designed their c🍸ar.

The driver position was adjusted following a request from 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton, while the suspensioꩵn and general architecture waꦚs adjusted.

Mercedes also reverted to a more conventional car concept, moving away from their aggressive ‘zero-pod’ look, but so far at least, it’s not worked o💜ut.

Speaking to , Wolff conceded that Mercedes ‘lost the🔥ir way’ at the start of 🍨the new rules.

“I th൲ink we’ve lost our way in the beginning of ‘22 because all of our tools and systems gave us cars that were winning championships every single year but then the new regulations were very much around the ground effect - all the suction happens through the floor,” he said.

“We came🔯 out with a car that showed all the promises on the data and the wind tunnel, but it didn’t deliver. Since then we’ve changed e๊verything.

“The layout, the suspension, the driver pꦚosition, the gearboxes, but it seems the fundamental issue is at the core and we haven’t solved that.”

Mercedes have started weekends s𒅌trongly in 2024 before falling away in the ra𝔉ce.

Wolff suggested Mercedes might need to “experiment” at every single race with their𝔉 car setup in a bid to reach their performance ceiling. 

“I think we are coming to a point now where we need to experimen൩t every single race, not only on Fridays because our performance seems to get worse throughout the weekend,” he 🧜added.

“We’re good on Friday, we’re good in some of the sessions on Saturday but the more grip we have the faster it goes the more we🐼 reach the performance ceiling of the car. Our data shows us it’s not the ceiling.”