Mercedes’ 2022 campaign was dominated by the porpoiღsing phenomenon - the bouncing sensation on the straig꧃hts.

Merced🤡es ulti꧃mately endured their worst season since 2012, taking just one win across the entire 22-race season.

The eight-time constructors’ champions couldn’t get on top of the issue, mean♒ing they were unable to run their car at an optimum level, costing themselves much-needed downforce and lap time.

Mercedes’ form slowly improved by the end of the year, with168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell now optimistic of a strong F1 2023.

Refl🎉ecting on the porpoising issue, Wolff admitted the lack of testing contributed more than the restricti꧙ons in finances due to the cost cap.

“Of course we could have injected more capital,” Wolff told AMuS. “But in the end you are limited by the few test days. The virtual world of the wind tu🃏nnel, CFD and simulations did not solve our proble♑m. Our data simply did not show it.

“Bouncing cannot be simulated in the wind tunnel. This, of course, misleads the simulations. There, too, it was learning by doing. Every step we took on the track,🌳 using the weekends as a test, brought us millimetres closer to our understanding of the car.”

Wolff also explained how the cost cဣap has had a significant impact on Mercedes, who have been one of F1’s biggest spenders over the years.

“If you have to take out 100 million, that means rest꧃ructuring,” Wolff added. What does that mean? Analysing processes according to their costs, setting priorities and adjusting them. Before it was: ‘We do this and that’. Now the decision is: ‘We do this or that.’

“We have gone through a very🦩 difficult time to adapt. Our finance department has grown from 16 to 45 staff to reflect the processes.

“Example: When a piece of aluminium tube becomes a wheel carrier, we don’t just need to know what the tube costs. We need to understand the entire process behind it. From that you work out priorities – between the engineers and the accountants. That will give❀ us an advantage in the medium term. Everybody has to go through that. Even the teams that are under the budget cap today.”