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During testing in Bahrain, Mercedes drove the shortest distance of all the teams, but that doesn’t bother the world champions. It will be much more important for your engineers to find a solution that stabilizes the rear of the car, which behaves quite nervous while driving and is unpredictable in different types of corners.
In the final hour of the test, Lewis Hamilton lost to Max Verstappen by 1.1 seconds, although the British used softer C5 tires than the Dutch C4.
The German Auto Motor und Sport writes that lost time due to gearbox problems did not make the team nervous, although many were surprised that Mercedes decided to run the new car on the day of filming and the day before winter (El gearbox problem here could only be revealed) and only this Tuesday in Bahrain. For the rest of the time that the car was stopped in the pits, the team was looking for a solution to stabilize the rear of the car, which is now far from exemplary.
Last year, the stability and acceleration dynamics of the car were probably the strongest side of the Mercedes, there were no problems with the finish, and during testing Lewis had to start acceleration later than the competitors, because the rear of the car was stable.
Obviously, the reason is somewhere in those places that have been changed this year compared to last year. The suspension remained the same, so the reason was not in it. It’s still aerodynamic or pneumatic, or a combination thereof. The team has 11 days to qualify in Bahrain to find a solution. If this is not done, Red Bull will be an obvious favorite at least at the beginning of the season.
Some experts speculate that Mercedes is bragging, preventing its racers from maximizing power plant power and showing low speed on straight lines where Mercedes is still an outsider. But Mercedes has installed larger winged wings on its car than Red Bull, which may be why they lack top speed.
