Mercedes hit Canada a big step forward thanks to the introduction of a new front spoiler on its two cars already released Russell in Monaco. The car with the silver arrows is very fast, the fastest on the track, and George Russell He admits that he made some mistakes that caused success to elude him. Mercedes fought head on again McLaren and Verstappen and now the question all fans are asking is if the potential of Mercedes This is due to something of the track or if, on the contrary, he really joined the group fighting for victories.
George Russell was in charge of answering that himself, at the press conference after the race in Canada.
“I think Red Bull had a problem with their car in the last three races (they suffered in the potholes and went to the curbs, something they want to improve). So I think “We have to see how he performs in Barcelona, which is a more common circuit,” argued Russell, knowing that Red Bull should be the favorite on a track like the Circuit, but with McLaren close behind.
“But the increase in speed that we saw this weekend was not a surprise to us because all the factory data told us that we would find a great amount of performance with these improvements. So Barcelona will be interesting for everyone. I am confident that we can fight,” George expressed, confident that the move made by Mercedes will be certain to fight at the top throughout the course.
Mercedes seems to have hit the nail on the head with the introduction of its new front spoiler, which may have allowed it to unlock the potential in the evolutionary package the team showed off in Imolahelping the team find the right balance and finally understand how to perform at their best in this new era of ground effect regulations that started in 2022.
however, Mercedes He has shone early in recent years and there have been many times when the team seemed to return the star, and then sank into too much inconsistency, irregularity and doubt. The team must confirm that this time is different. And maybe, because it’s that first year Mercedes leaving the failed concept without the pontoons they tried in 2022 and 2023. This time they would have found the right path by following the concept most similar to red bulllike other groups like McLaren or Ferrari.
New place in Barcelona and confidence after development
Toto Wolff, Mercedes Team Principal, speaking to ‘Motorsport.com’, said that Mercedes will introduce more components in Barcelona. It is expected that a new place will come to Barcelona to continue the development and definitely stay in the forward group. At Mercedes they are very optimistic about the path the team is following.
“I think definitely, since Imola, we’ve taken the right steps and put parts in the car that work, something we’ve been working on for the last few years.”Toto commented.
“Now, it seems we are adding performance to the car every race and we also have new things coming, improvements that will be introduced in Barcelona and that should help us. So I hope we can continue on this positive path.”added the Austrian.
“In the last three races, we’ve brought in a lot of new parts, visible and invisible, that have contributed milliseconds to the car’s performance increase. I think this is where those marginal gains are having a positive impact.. The factory has made a great effort, so I think the wheels have really started to move,” he concluded.
Russell could have won with the fastest car
Russell’s run was so good that he even thought he could make it back in the final Gilles-Villeneuve event. He thinks he can catch Max. “Yes, absolutely, 100%. I think if you had told us before this weekend, the pole position and a third position, we wouldn’t have believed you, to be honest. But as Max (Verstappen) said , it’s a very complicated race for everyone. Go one millimeter and you’re out. “I think in my case there were too many mistakes in important moments that cost us the opportunity to fight with these two (Norris and Max, sitting next to him) at the end of the race,” argued the Briton.
“We really had a very fast car this weekend, and to be back in the group fighting for the win is great fun. That’s what Formula 1 is all about, and that’s why we compete,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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