Mercedes are working on “some interesting projects” for their 2024 F1 car to give their drivers the confidence they are currently lacking.
“We have moved it forward. The car we had previously in 2022, that tended to be an awfully way off in qualifying, it was generally racing a bit better. The performance was very, very track-specific.
“Some areas we have improved but the big issue is we are just not quick enough, so we need to find a good chunk of performance to challenge Red Bull in particular. “But the other thing is that the field is now super close. You look at some of the gaps we had 12 months ago. You have a decent qualifying position - you might be fourth or fifth on the grid, but you were eight or nine tenths. Now if you do that, you end up getting bumped off in Q1 or Q2.
“There’s lots for us to work on and a lot of that will be making sure we can give the drivers the confidence that they are lacking at the moment.
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