Mercedes technical director James Allison admitted that, as in China, there would be no “joy” to be derived from a “competently executed” race without the underlying pace the team wants. .
George Russell finished the race in 6th place, and Lewis Hamilton returned to the points after being eliminated in Q1, doubling his sprint to 2nd place, but the pace difference between him and the leaders Ferrari and Red Bull is still clear.
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Alisson explained that upgrades will soon arrive on the W15 to not only move the team closer to the front of the competitive standings, but also to fix what he described as “the fundamental balance that is causing the difficulties”.
He revealed that the W15 struggled to find grip on the Shanghai International Circuit, a track that was particularly tough on the front tyres. As a result, it became more difficult to digest a well-run race by both drivers, as the result perhaps did not reflect the circumstances. Well, they were going on Sunday.
“Of course it’s fun to talk about it when you’ve had a great race and it’s nice to see your car doing well,” Allison said at Mercedes’ China post-war debriefing.
“It’s somewhat less fun to do the same thing when things aren’t as fun, when the car isn’t as good, but one of the things I’m proud of this team is that we’re consistently outside I think it’s been about coming out and talking about how things are going.”To be honest, for better or worse, I’ve never tried to deny myself in any race so far, and to some degree Apart from that, it was a competently run race.
“Lewis started from a very low grid position but managed to break into the points and made a number of great overtakes to do so, while George drove a competent race with no mistakes and finished in 6th place. This was a credit to the car itself, but the circuit in China is famous for its limited front area.
“So [it’s] When you tell a car to turn a corner, the front tires usually go, “No, thank you, I don’t want to turn,” and there have been cars throughout the year that have been particularly restrictive at the front. In the slow corners that increased to 11 this weekend.
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“If the front tire doesn’t want to go around the corner, the driver has to wait hours before turning on the power on the exit of the corner, and that’s where your lap times will bleed.
“To actually take the car around a corner, you have to use the throttle to take the corner to loosen up the rear end some, which destroys the rear tire and restricts the front and overheats the rear.” .
“Even if you’re both running competently and driving well, it’s not at all nice to have your weekend taken away when the hardware itself isn’t where it needs to be or should be.
“Of course, the challenge we face in the upcoming races is to change and improve both the car set-up and the parts we bring into the car.
“We have an upgrade package for the car, but we also have components that we hope will correct the fundamental balance that is making it difficult for us.
“It hurts to talk like this after a weekend like this, but remember that in the future, when we do those things, when we get back to being more dominant, and then there will be future races. We’re on track to becoming so much more excited to talk about it, and that day can’t come soon enough. ”
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