A shift in mentality allowed Mercedes to stay positive as they readjusted to life without regular F1 victories.
Mercedes had to adjust to life without constant victories in 2022, for the first time since 2013. But a shift in mentality allowed them to stay positive.
“There was certainly some tough moments in the year,” he said in Mercedes’ official debrief after Abu Dhabi. “The second is the learning that we could build through the race, so, every single race that we have obviously provides you a learning opportunity and I think we did a very good job throughout the year of understanding where our weaknesses were and how to build on that towards the end of the year. Cars that were fighting for P10, P8, or perhaps even out in Q2, Q1 at the end of the year were able to fight for race wins and that’s really an example to the culture that we have here.
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