F1
Sunday, May 1, 2022, 3:47 p.m.
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Author: Zoltán Kármán, photo: DPPI
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There were years when the fruits of the same move were reaped by the Toto Wolffs, as the rules preserved a huge Mercedes advantage. Now, however, they are doing the same with their backlog.
For eight years, the racing circus field has been dominated by factory stable Lewis Hamilton six times since 2014, and his team has won the world title all eight times with a car that has undoubtedly been the best in the field for many years. Most of the time with outstanding superiority.
In 2022, it looks like it’s time for a change of guard, with Red Bull and Ferrari far ahead of Mercedes, and Lewis Hamilton is particularly hard hit by the redesigned race car and even George Russell can get ahead of it several times this year. as a veteran British compatriot).
Mercedes ’engine development boss acknowledged it would be very difficult for them to get serious about it, as the resource is weaker than its two main rivals (but the car has other weaknesses as well) but they can’t move from one to two due to engine homologation and freezing.
If Mercedes doesn’t find some miracle cure, Hamilton and Russell won’t have much success this year
“How much potential is still untapped in our resource this year? We are constantly examining the units to see how much more we can get out of them. One possible area is to move the engine slightly inside the car. We can’t change much on the unit itself, because homologated engines can only be accessed to improve reliability, ”explained Andrew Shovlin in the columns at RacingNews365.com.
“We’re constantly trying to see which mode we could be the most capable of and also look at the programming of the engine electronics to see if we can find a better variant. All in all, the whole car is not fast enough, and if a machine is slow, all areas need to be looked at where there is room for improvement. ”
“Because of the budget cap, we can’t even have so many people working on engine development anymore, but we’re looking at how much more we can get out of the same unit with the right fine-tuning. As for the bodywork, we’re working on a number of different projects to try to get the most out of the lag, ”Shovlin added.
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