Toto Wolff wants Mercedes to “get the car together” after a reversal of season-long trends during the Chinese Grand Prix.
The W15 car had what Wolff called a “fundamental” issue in the high-speed corners after the Saudi Grand Prix, but the low-speed package was deemed good and Lewis Hamilton and George made progress to fix the issue in Japan. seems to have been seen. Russell enjoyed a strong Friday.
However, in China Wolff explained how the team’s tendency had changed to have a strong pace on the faster sections of the track before losing time on the hairpins and early long corners.
It was a formula that he felt would take the team “back to zero.”
Mercedes’ struggles reversed
“I think we achieved that perfectly at high speed.” [corners]” Wolff told the media. racing news 365 When asked if the team needs to find more downforce overall.
“We were very competitive at the Suzuka Esse, day and night like never before, and the drivers said it was the best car they’d had in the last two-and-a-half years.
“But then, [in China]it didn’t perform very well at low speeds.
“At high speeds we gained 0.5 seconds, but at low speeds we lost 0.5 seconds and that means the equation goes back to zero.
“It’s something we need to get better at and we’re beyond understanding, but we just need to get better and that’s ultimately what we need.
“We have all the facts, we know what we tweaked to solve the high speeds, we know where the car was before to be faster at the low speeds.
“We just need to bolt together a car that does both. We’ve seen moments of that performance, but overall, it’s not enough at this stage.”
