One of the main points of interest of the Monaco GP will be the large letter of the box of the Mercedes team who will introduce their proud new concept in Monte Carlo. If the fact of not racing in Imola last week at the start of the F1 European tour and the fact that the next GP is the strange Monegasque slide has prompted many teams to park their news until the Spanish GP, Ferrari among them, in Mercedes prefer. to get an idea of what the car gives them in Monte Carlo, a bet they usually make.
The main novelties of the W14 are a new front suspension and a new underbody. There is an evolution in pontoons, with a wider and rounded entrance to have more tunnels below.
Toto Wolf, the top manager of the Mercedes team, logically prefers to be cautious before launching the Mercedes on the track and this is how he exposed it in the preview of the team.
“The current revised calendar says that Monaco is the beginning of the European tour this season. It is a unique event that offers us an opportunity to start to understand the improvements of the W14, but we have to be careful not to draw too many conclusions from this event. We will introduce here the first step of the new direction of development”, he explained.
“There is no magic button. From my experience in Formula 1, there is none. Hopefully the drivers will have a more stable and predictable platform and then have a good base for the next weeks and months. Formula 1 is a meritocracy and the competition is very tough. We are not where we want to be, but it is about trying to get back there”, he added.
As was the tone of all the communications from the teams before the Monaco GP, none of them forgot those affected by the severe floods in the Italian region of Emilia Romagna, whose tragedy caused 14 deaths and 36,000 displaced of residence.
“After the cancellation of Imola, our thoughts remain with the people of Emilia Romagna affected by the terrible floods. We are deeply saddened by the images, but we must applaud the rescue work of the emergency services and the promise of the people . We want to return there in better conditions next year”, settled the Austrian.
Source: La Verdad
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