Mercedes F1 says it has mixed feelings about its expectations for 2024, but technical director James Allison has high hopes for the “happier handling” of this season’s W15 car. There is. Mercedes, which aims to regain its position as F1’s dominant force, is hard at work on the W15, a comprehensive overhaul of its car that will see Lewis Hamilton and George Russell move up the championship standings this season. I hope that he will rise to the top.
Earlier this week, Mercedes F1 team boss Toto Wolff revealed that early simulator reports for the 2024 car were positive. Allison followed this up with cautious optimism, indicating that he believes Mercedes has made progress in terms of handling performance. However, Alison still keeps his confidence in check. “It’s impossible to feel anything other than anxiety and excitement and fear during this time,” Alison said. “Those are the emotions you feel all the time, and I imagine you won’t be able to sleep peacefully in your bed even with Red Bull, which has performed so well for a year, because you never know what else will bring.” , what we can hope for is that the nasty characteristics of the rear end will become a little more friendly and the car will handle happier. “This is all simulation, but we can still make some gains there. But Allison also hinted at progress in terms of downforce and engine power. “Along with that handling, there’s the usual housekeeping stuff like lighter weight, more downforce, and hopefully a little bit more lift from the power unit side. By adjusting the calibration levels, we’ve got these current regulations. You can still do it under ,” Allison said. “Time will tell if that’s enough. But we’re aware of some issues and that’s interesting. We have a hypothesis of what the cause of those issues was. , we fixed the cause of it. It will be interesting to see how accurate that diagnosis was.”While Mercedes is hoping for a breakthrough this season, Allison said that F1’s ground effects rules, which are in their third season, This suggests that there is not as much room for development as people think. “I think we’ve done a good job with the new car and addressed some of the shortcomings that were made public last year,” Allison said. “Also, in the back of my mind, the rules themselves put a clearer limit on the lap times that these cars can produce. The more love you put into them, the more effort you put into them, There is a much clearer upper limit compared to the previous generation of machines, which became endlessly faster.”If you look at last year, Red Bull’s dominance was close to complete from the start of the season to the end, and they were weak until the final race. “But if you look at the big picture, the grid is gradually being compressed.”
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