Mercedes F1 Representative "Upgrading only confuses popping problems"[F1-Gate .com]

Toto Wolff, the head of the Mercedes F1 team, explains that the current situation with popping problems only “confuses” them and will not bring a substantial upgrade to the W13 anytime soon.

Mercedes F1 has achieved the unprecedented eight consecutive championships of the Constructors’ Championship in F1 and showed the dominant strength to win seven drivers Lytle in the meantime, but 2022, which entered the new era of F1, lags behind. ing.

As a result of using the aerodynamics of the ground effect effect to create downforce, the Mercedes F1 suffers most from straight bouncing, and it has adopted an extreme design for the side pod of W13 called Zero Pod. It is said to exacerbate the problem of popping.

Mercedes F1 tried to scrape a part of the floor to mitigate the popa song, but it didn’t work because the downforce loss was offset by another loss. The slim design of the Zero Pod means less bodywork to keep the floor in place when popping occurs, which is useless.

However, Mercedes F1 does not plan to introduce a significant upgrade immediately despite those troubles.

Toto Wolff explained why.

“I think we’re learning cars anyway, we’re learning tires,” Toto Wolff said.

“What I went to this weekend (Australia) was to unleash the potential of aerodynamics or reduce bouncing, but we’re still in the same place.”

“For that reason, it doesn’t make sense to bring an upgrade because it makes you even more confused.”

“Perhaps the more downforce you create, the worse your bouncing. We’re still learning.”

George Russell has revealed that Mercedes F1 did not have a major upgrade in progress after taking third place on the podium at the F1 Australian Grand Prix.

Instead, George Russell says he hopes that some “small things” will bring them performance in future races.

“Unfortunately, nothing is going on virtually immediately,” said George Russell.

“It won’t happen overnight and it will take a lot of races.”

“I think there will be a few things, there will be step-by-step steps, but we know that our rivals will do the same, and Ferrari and Red Bull will make progress, so the progress we make will be in the outside world. May not be revealed. ”