Mercedes reveal impact of new floor on lost pace at Zandvoort

💙ꦫJames Allison admits confusion surrounds Mercedes floor

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mercedes have debated whether their n🐠ew floor impacted a sub-par weekend at Zaไndvoort.

Toto Wolff’s F1 team arrive at Monza for this weekend’s F1 Italian Grand Prix hoping to quickly forget what we𓃲nt wron🍌g a week ago.

In the Netherlands, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton declared his weekend was “done” after a poor qualifying before finishing eighth in the grand prix. George Russe💜ll was sixth an൲d struggled with grip.

It ended a remarkable run of three victori🔜es in four grand🀅s prix.

Technical director James Allison said: “It 🍨won’t be as simple as ‘the track🌱 doesn’t suit the car’.

“Whether you have a good wee🃏kend or not, it’s d💛ependant on a huge amount of things. They all need to be nearly dead-on right to get what you’d call the true pace of the car.

“In the run-up to shutdown, we managed t🎐o hit our stride at pretty m𒊎uch every track.

“In Zandvoort with the weather on Friday and the decisions we took overnight,💯 we didn’t get into the groove to get the best from the car.

“Small mistakes, small errors in se💦t-up w♒ill turn you from competitive to mediocre. It’s tight at the top.

“We didn’t get it right, and had൩ a mediocre result as a consequenc🐼e.”

A𒈔llison was asked if Mercedes’🅰 new floor played a role in their lack of pace.

The floor was introduced in Spaꦉ then wꦚithdrawn after confusing results. It was reintroduced for the race at Zandvoort.

“The simple answer ꦺis: we don’t fully know,” he admitted.

“You ca𝔍n take straightforward measurements - the downforce was there. On one level, you could takꦿe comfort that it worked as expected.

“But a lot of the pace of the cars th𝕴is year is how well they handle.

“It’s not just ‘does your aero package deliver downforce?’ It is ‘does it deliver the balanced car that you need throu𒅌gh 🍃corners, the balanced car you need from high speed to low speed’.

“We didn’t h♎ave a balanced car. That’s where the pace went🎀.

“Whether it was the fꦆloor or the aero package? We need 💜to keep an open mind.

“Right now, we know it measured the downforce. B💯ut we don’t know if it delivered bala🤡nce.”

Mercedes, entering Monza, are fourth in the construct🐷ors’ championship behind Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari.

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