The problems with the W13 date much further back than pre-season testing.
Toto Wolff concedes Mercedes were on the ‘wrong trajectory’ from as early as October 2021Toto Wolff believes Mercedes were on the “wrong trajectory” from as early as October 2021 as they look to rebuild from a disastrous 2022.
But the problems had been built into the car long before that first run out in Barcelona and team principal Wolff believes the issue that would prevent them from challenging for the World Championship was conceived as early as October 2021. “I guess fairly normal development over the winter, it felt good,” Elliott recalled. “To then sort of roll into winter testing and to find some fairly major problems with the car was pretty dispiriting.
Elliott also elaborated on the particular difficulty of the porpoising issue as it caught them by surprise. The problem did not show up in any of their tests in the wind tunnel and it was only once the car hit the track that the issues became apparent.
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