After the race in Bahrain, the head of the Mercedes team, Toto Wolff, openly stated that the concept of a car with narrow side pontoons, chosen by the engineers last year, did not justify itself – and urgently needs to be replaced to make progress this season and not lose the next season.
Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard said on Channel 4 that he thinks this assessment is too hasty…
David Coulthard: “A rather harsh assessment. This car only lived for six days – three days in the tests, three in the Grand Prix. I have no idea why he chose this.
Yes, they have a completely different concept with narrow side pontoons, and now they want the same design as the rest. This will be a serious blow to the team’s design team.
There is clearly a clearly better car in the championship, Max won the race without any problems, others can only compete for the title of the best of the rest in this situation.
Source: F1 News
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