Mercedes have fallen below expectations in 2022, the Silver Arrows unable to mount a stern defence of their Constructors’ Championship.
At the United States Grand Prix Max Verstappen took a record-equalling 13th victory of the season, while his Red Bull team secured the 2022 Constructors’ title.Mercedes’ technical director Mike Elliott has spoken of being able to trace what went wrong with their 2022 challenger, the W13,But after the United States GP, team boss Wolff made a similar claim, though he did shed some more light on what Mercedes got glaringly wrong at that time.
Mercedes brought their final 2022 upgrade package to Austin, so asked by Sky Sports F1 if these are applicable to the 2023 car, Wolff replied: “I think we understand more now, what it is where we got it wrong with the car. “We can almost trace it back to a single decision last October, we thought we could run the car on the deck, but you can’t, so it’s a small level of hamster steps.We’ve missed this. ❤️