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 in order to make progress this season and not lose the next one.
Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard said on Channel 4 that he thinks this assessment is too hasty…
David Coulthard: “Quite a harsh assessment. This car lived only six days – three days in the tests, three in the Grand Prix. I have no idea why he chose to do 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 heavy blow to the team’s design team.
Obviously there is a clearly better car in the championship, Max won the race without any problems, others in this situation can only compete for the title of the best of the rest.
