Mercedes He has found something he did not expect. mercedes, and the rest of the leading teams of the Formula 1 World Cup. Because no one, no matter how many think positively could foresee even at the beginning of February that Aston Martin it would be what it ended up being. That Aston Martin, after being the penultimate team in the championship last summer, would become the biggest threat to Red Bull in just a few months.
And that is something that has the Germans more than restless. More restless than the rest, because in their case it just so happens that, for now, Aston Martin has the same engine. And yet, except in Australia, they have passed them almost without problems at this start of the World Cup.
For this reason, Mercedes had to react. They had to. Because the fact that a client team beats the factory team always causes changes. It always causes decisions have to be made. for now, James Allison has returned… and they hope that what they are doing will pay off.
“Now we understand our car better”
This was stated by Toto Wolff, who spoke about the advances they are making: “We have seen a team that sets the standard, but in Australia they are already we saw flashes of our car.”
“It’s encouraging to see that we understand the car much better now. We’ve defined the direction to go in, and we’re going on the right path” account in words that collect in ‘Motorsport’.
The Austrian continues: “It has been complicated. We were hoping to have fixed the problems of 2022, but we realized that we were not where we expected. But we don’t feel entitled to anything, it’s the toughest competition in the world… and if it were easy it wouldn’t be such a fantastic challenge.”
“What you see is the tip of the iceberg”
In addition, it has released a notice: “What we see is just the tip of the iceberg. The mentality is fantastic the spirit is there and I see enthusiasm.”
“I believe in what we do. One hundred percent. It’s not about one race, or one season. It’s developing the power to succeed over the years. You will never always win but because no one has ever done it,” says Wolff.
And he makes the importance of the mood section more than clear: “You must not oscillate too much between extreme happiness and depression. You have to be rational. Know that there will be setbacks, but also improvements that will help you to return to the top positions”.
