Mercedes battling “fundamental” issue with new W15 F1 design

The German manufacturer had come into this year hoping that a design revamp would help it close the gap on pacesetter Red Bull. However, drivers George Russell and Lewis Hamilton have endured a challenging first two races to the campaign with a clear weakness to the car now exposed. Team principal Toto Wolff says that the outfit does not fully comprehend what is going wrong in high-speed corners, as its real-world performance is not matching what its data suggests.

Toto Wolff, Team Principal and CEO, Mercedes-AMG F1 Team Photo by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images 'I think you'll gain a few tenths or not if you get the set-up right or wrong, but there's not a massive corridor of performance. It's more a fundamental thing, that we believe that the speed should be there. We measure the downforce but we don't find it in lap time.

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