The new regulation of the Formula 1 in 2022 it brought with it a problem for all the teams on the grid: the rebound effect. Some suffered less, but Mercedes had so many problems with the famous ‘porposing’ who assure that he was “on the edge of the dangerous” for Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.
This rebound effect was difficult to solve. The results of the Germans at the beginning of the season were discreet and Hamilton repeatedly complained about the poor performance of the W13.
Now, Andrew Shovlindirector of track engineering at Mercedes, has clarified to what extent they suffered with the rebound: “There were some difficult points in which we knew that Car that we gave them in Baku, Montreal, Imola and so on, was on the verge of dangerous“.
“And that certainly focuses your attention on making sure we get out of that position and start giving them something they can compete with again,” he added.
Despite the bad times the team went through last season, Shovlin believes that suffering like this was beneficial for the team: “One of the biggest challenges we had was staying united and working together, we have overcome it well and I think weThe experience will serve us well in the future.“.
“It was a very difficult moment, but I think the whole process has been good for the team,” he said to close.
