Mercedes wants Verstappen and Newey. The complete package, in short. The first five words of the writing make it clear how much the team Of Brackely is really focused on the near future. As far as the Dutchman is concerned, we are talking about a truly out of the ordinary offer, approximately 100 million euros per season for a contractual duration of 3 years. Also Helmut Markopossibly if requested, could be part of the package to convince the talent of Hasselt to reach the Germans. As regards Neweyhowever, awaiting the official announcement regarding the early termination of the contract with Red Bulldetails are still awaited.
It is very clear how Mercedes has every intention of winning again, opening a new cycle that can somehow erase the last disastrous years, including the current one where, the W15despite being a car with a different approach compared to its progenitor cars, continues to complain about the same performance issues. Precisely for this reason, anticipating the race by one update, the Teutonic team will present a first important package of updates in Miami. As reported by our editorial staff in unsuspecting times, April 22nd current monththe news should be different.
We are talking about a new fund to maximize the aerodynamic load and correct the flow trend. Therefore, stabilize the aero platform to eliminate losses of downforce in certain range of speed while the vehicle is moving. For the rest we are waiting re-shaping in the area of side podto enlarge the area by a few cubic centimeters of the undercut. As regards the new rear wing already “in the pipeline”, in all likelihood we will instead have to wait a little longerto give the technicians the opportunity to validate the aforementioned innovations before introducing a new rear specification.
Mercedes prepared for the 2026 regulatory challenge
The learning curve to go through is undoubtedly very large for Mercedes currently, in the last few races, fourth/fifth strength in the championship. A position that is not liked, does not satisfy and consequently attracts very little Verstappen And Newey thinking about the near future. A tomorrow that is built in the present, demonstrating that the data-track correlation is finally good. To do it there Florida it is the first step useful. Lay the foundations while working on the 2026 project. A regulatory body that will see a clear revolution, yet another: aerodynamics to a lesser extent, massive as far as the power unit.
He spoke on this issue Wolff. The manager Austrian claims that the factory of Brixworth is putting in maximum effort and apparently, according to what the co-owner says Mercedes, the results in this sense are quite good. The chosen objective is very ambitious even at this point in the world championship 2024it is entirely premature to know at what point the team compared to their own competitor. Toto it then takes a step back in terms of “boasting an exceptional product” to attract new recruits, you see Max And Adrianis not the correct way to satisfy longings.
Premises aside, the level of trust that can be felt in the factory is very high. Wolff remember that without strongly nourishing your desires you won’t get very far. Setting that in 2014 was fully centered by team, understanding perfectly what kind of challenge they had ahead of them. The same cannot be said for the 2022, we add, where the understanding of the regulation, on balance, was much lower than what was thought. Two similar situations in terms of opportunities but exploited in a decidedly different way. Making mistakes is as natural as learning from your mistakes.
Mercedes he understood the lesson and the great change that awaits F1 in less than two years it must be there chance to prove it. Although the guarantees in this context cannot make a presence for any team, as is normal, working in the correct way will undoubtedly make it much easier to achieve the desires. In the meantime he arrives the sixth round of the current competitive campaignin Floridawhere the need to get back on top reigns by offering, once and for all, thanks to the upgradethe best version of himself.
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