Is now the time for Mercedes to take the copycat approach to get back to winning ways? F1
If the team does put out a new concept, Kravitz says it will be their third in less than three years but something they have to do if they want to get back to fighting at the front.
“Mercedes already changed their concept over the winter,” said the pit lane reporter. “Their concept last year was try to get the car as low as possible, maybe take advantage so the floors could really flex and seal the diffuser and the floor, and then go from there.“They changed concept, let’s run the car like that, let’s run it up a bit, let’s change the floor, let’s keep the sidepods because we think aerodynamically they’re good, and you know what let’s go with this concept.
“That is essentially to do what Aston Martin have done. Toto is clear: ‘There is nothing wrong with our power unit, there is nothing wrong with our rear suspension, nothing wrong with the gearbox’ – all of which are on the Aston.“So that’s what Mercedes will have to do. But if you’re a designer at Mercedes, how will you feel?”“As Toto says they didn’t win eight World Championships in a row by being not good at their jobs,” he added.
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