The German automaker has put together the best winning streak in Formula 1 history by garnering every single constructors’ world title since the start of the hybrid era in 2014. However, in 2022 that looks set to end. , since, with the entry of the new regulations, they have not managed to manufacture a W13 capable of fighting for victories against Red Bull and Ferrari.
In fact, the difficulties they have encountered have meant that they have not even climbed to the top of the podium, and only a pole position for George Russell in the Hungarian Grand Prix makes up for the results obtained in a campaign in which they are coming back little from little bit.
The team’s director, Toto Wolff , said that when he is in situations like this, he has to put up with a lot of pressure, and that reality is tougher than it looks: “Today we are making a mistake, the lack of correlation in the different areas is making Let’s not give up.”
“Maybe there is one thing that overshadows everything, and therefore we are not doing it justice by really questioning every part of the car,” said the Austrian. “Is it the tires that we don’t understand? Or is it the aerodynamics that mess it up? The mechanical balance? I think it’s very hard to tell.”
“As they say in Formula 1, you never lose, you learn, but I can say that it is very complicated,” Wolff said. “With all those beautiful Instagram posts and everything we’ve talked about for eight years about how we’re going to take it.”
“When you get there, at the bottom, you have to stick to your principles and values, keep your morale high and keep relentlessly seeking to improve. There is more to write a book about this year than the last eight,” revealed the Arrows boss. silver.
Although Mercedes’ focus now is on making sure its 2023 car is competitive, the German team principal doesn’t want to sacrifice the rest of the course.
“I think we still have the ambition to win races this year. I think if I had said that in Budapest, everyone would think it would be possible, but now I look silly,” Wolff said. “But the positions are clear, at least among the top three.”
“Finishing second or third doesn’t matter to me,” he said. “However, I want to have the best possible result every weekend to gain confidence in what we do.”
Lewis Hamilton declared that he cannot wait for 2023 due to the poor performance of the W13, and his boss confessed that the car will not feature prominently in the team’s history.
“I don’t think it will have the best place in the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart,” the Austrian commented. “Maybe he’ll go to the cave.”
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