Mercedes began to see the light

Mercedes he raised his head. This is fact. The team champion of the last 7 constructor titles and 6 in the last drivers championship, has started the new season of F1 Lost and missed. It took 5 races to find a way that seemed positive and correct and it was confirmed Barcelona. Previously, it was very difficult months to sign Brackley. Lewis Hamilton I didn’t understand what was going on because no matter how hard they tried, it didn’t work. The problem is less if you know what solutions to try. But it’s overwhelming when you don’t know what to do. And it seems the stars are finally seeing that light at the end of the tunnel, or at least starting to do so.

Ang Mercedes W13, with a groundbreaking design with almost no pontoons, was born with many problems accumulated. It offers too much resistance to the straight and reduced its maximum speed. At the same time, they suffered a lot of bounce in fastball from losing ground effect, more than many other teams. And as if that wasn’t enough, drivers had a hard time getting the tires to the right qualifying temperature, which hurt them badly on Sunday despite their great racing speed. This last is his only positive point. Mercedes didn’t even dismiss the idea of ​​going back to the former concept car, with more sidepods, but toto wolff He continues to insist that this car has a lot of potential that they should continue to look for. And in the ranking of Spanish GPshowed signs of being on the right path in their search for the sensations they had Russell (4th) and hamilton (6th), even if the distance to the above is still good for them.

For all this, Lewis Hamilton wants to raise Mercedes ’improvement with the changes introduced in Barcelona. “We’ve taken this step and that’s something we haven’t seen in five races. We’re finally seeing that step and we think we have a better idea of ​​the direction we need to go,” he said. he says after qualifying.

“Now I’m just waiting for the engineers and aerodynamicists to come up with some more parts so we can thrive.”added Lewis, highlighting the great improvements Mercedes has made to the car’s rebound at high speeds.

“We don’t have a straight line rebound, which is a big, big difference. But We still have a rebound on turns three and nine, so we still need to make some improvements, but the car is better. declared 7-time champion. However, that wasn’t enough for Lewis to experience a good classification and he lost again in his particular fight against his partner, the young Russell. “Sorting isn’t good for me,” he said, and the Englishman said he had a hard time controlling the car’s rear art.

My teammate’s fourth place means the car should be at least fourth, and I am sixth. I have difficulty with the car. I don’t know how to avoid that, I don’t know when to do it. But I will keep trying and trying to figure it out. “

Enough recovery to think about the World Cup?

Will Mercedes be able to fight for this World Cup in the first reaction? That’s the question of the whole paddock. But for now, Hamilton doesn’t think he should think about it. “I don’t really think about it. I’m still far away “He added.