2023-10-01 03:48:55
The Mercedes F1 team says its 2024 F1 car, the W15, has been “significantly changed.”
Last year, the Mercedes F1 team finished third in the constructors’ championship, but this season they are competing with Ferrari for second place behind Red Bull Racing.
This season’s W14 has changed its concept and improved performance, but on the other hand, the current machine still has some weaknesses.
“We are making significant changes to the car for next year,” Mercedes director of trackside engineering Andrew Shovlin declared.
“Can we solve all the handling problems? It depends on the number of projects that produce results.”
“These projects are currently underway and not yet completed, but there are some good directions to improve them.”
The key to Red Bull’s success is that they have a car that doesn’t necessarily excel in any particular area, but is an all-round performer.
The Red Bull RB19 produces excellent levels of downforce, is tire-friendly and performs well across the entire corner type and speed range. So far, the only pinch was at the Singapore Grand Prix.
Several teams are paying attention to the RB19 concept, which is clearly top-of-the-line. Other teams are expected to follow Red Bull’s concept for the 2024 season. In the case of Haas F1 Team, it is said that they will take a half step forward at the American Grand Prix.
But the challenge for Mercedes is to translate that development into a race-winning and championship-challenging pace in 2024.
“The car will be different. We have made many changes, but it is very early in the development of a new car to say that we have ‘solved’ it,” said Shovlin. talk.
“When we came out with the best car, like in 2015 or 2019, we didn’t know at the time of development that it was going to be a great car. We just work hard to find as much performance as possible.”
“We fell well short of our targets in terms of performance on many cars, but what we know is that unless you set very ambitious targets, you probably haven’t set your sights high enough. ”
“But you can learn a lot in the first few days of the Bahrain test.”
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