2024 Mercedes-AMG | Petronas F1 Team

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Wolff talking about the challenges of 2022 and getting the car wrong in 2023, What's most interesting to me is him saying because they wanted to be compliant with all the financial regulations, John Owen, their chief designer was more involved into making sure that the accounting side was working than in designing a car and Allison saying you'd be psychotic to be fully confident that you've made a championship winning car at this stage without testing

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/new- ... /10570222/

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Lewis looks thrilled.

Same image posted on official Merc twitter page here https://twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/statu ... mFfdA&s=19

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Thrilled? :lol: I'd go with pensive.
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Luscion wrote:
30 Jan 2024, 02:35
Wolff talking about the challenges of 2022 and getting the car wrong in 2023, What's most interesting to me is him saying because they wanted to be compliant with all the financial regulations, John Owen, their chief designer was more involved into making sure that the accounting side was working than in designing a car and Allison saying you'd be psychotic to be fully confident that you've made a championship winning car at this stage without testing

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/new- ... /10570222/
“In 2023, we knew that there were ingredients in the car that were positive, that we were able to dial out for the end of the ‘22 season. And then different problems came back in ‘23.

“The thinking was like, again, great people, great infrastructure, all the resource that you need, the right mindset.

“But maybe, because we wanted to be compliant with all the financial regulations, John Owen was more involved into making sure that the accounting side was working than in designing a car.

“So put simply, we got the physics wrong. It's a ground effect car. Our tools didn't work as good as they did for all the other previous technical regulations. Physics. Nothing mystical.

“To recognise that all the data that you've previously relied on and all the equipment wouldn't correlate with what the car was doing on track. That has been the theme.

“So now we are basically putting everything that you could potentially change in order to dial out the nastiness in this car we are doing.”

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Dont know if this is the right place to discuss, but with the rumors of Lewis to Ferrari in 2025, if true, i wonder what that says about the W15 or if its simply an offer too good to pass up

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Luscion wrote:
01 Feb 2024, 02:40
Dont know if this is the right place to discuss, but with the rumors of Lewis to Ferrari in 2025, if true, i wonder what that says about the W15 or if its simply an offer too good to pass up
I'll believe it when I see it...until then, it is no more than the peak silliness of silly season.
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AR3-GP wrote:
01 Feb 2024, 03:30
Luscion wrote:
01 Feb 2024, 02:40
Dont know if this is the right place to discuss, but with the rumors of Lewis to Ferrari in 2025, if true, i wonder what that says about the W15 or if its simply an offer too good to pass up
I'll believe it when I see it...until then, it is no more than the peak silliness of silly season.
yea agreed, just a few months ago these rumors were swirling around and turned out to be nothing

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Buxton now teasing massive news before the end of the week

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Well if the unthinkable option happens it could mean bad news for Mercedes as Lewis left McLaren after seeing a worse period approaching.
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Do you think this could be part of why Hamilton has changed his management recently?
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Isn't there usually a rebuttal in news stories like these, either from Ferrari or Merc

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f1jcw wrote:
01 Feb 2024, 10:42
Isn't there usually a rebuttal in news stories like these, either from Ferrari or Merc
The rumors started in the middle of the night in Europe, let the PR people get to their offices first! :lol: :lol:

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If ham goes to Ferrari, Then Mercedes have to sign Alonso

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Alonsismo wrote:
01 Feb 2024, 10:57
If ham goes to Ferrari, Then Mercedes have to sign Alonso
Very unlikely on Alonso's side, he's fully committed to Aston.