This was far from being the case during the other presentations of the single-seaters for the coming season, but that of Mercedes was rich in lessons. The first is obvious: the W14, unveiled this Wednesday by the German team, finds a black dress that it had abandoned last year following appearing in support, in particular, of the fight once morest racism.
“I hope her performance lives up to her beautyslipped Toto Wolff, team boss, during this presentation. At the time, the Mercedes had been nicknamed “Silver Arrows” because the cars had to be sanded so that they did not exceed the maximum authorized weight. It’s a bit like what happened last year too: we did everything to reduce the weight of the car and save grams, while keeping as much carbon as possible. And then, we had a black single-seater two years ago…“.
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As if this return to black was also a matter of superstition, while the switch to very classic gray last season was rather accompanied by disappointing performances. Despite this and the many difficulties encountered throughout the exercise, Mercedes has remained faithful to the “zero pontoon” aerodynamic concept chosen with the enthronement of the new technical regulations in 2022.
“We have the tools to understand and develop the carslipped Wolff. We think she will eventually be competitive enough to fight all the way to the front of the grid.“. Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, whose results had improved significantly at the end of last season, now hope to join the fight for the title.
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