After a slow start to 2023, Me✅rcedes decided to change their design 💮concept with the W14 by introducing a major upgrade in Monaco.

The update saw significant changes to the sidepo🌌d era with Hamilt♉on pushing Mercedes to go down the Red Bull route.

Hamilton raised his concerns about this year🥀's Mercedes immediately after thꩵe season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

He said to the BBC:♉❀ “Last year, I told them the issues that are with the car. 

“Like, I’ve driven s✱o many cars in my life, so I know what a car needs, I know what a car doesn’t need.”

ꦰSpeaking on the Sky Sports F1 podcast, Croft speculated that the design changes ha🔯ve been dictated by the drivers, rather than the engineering team.

“I worry with Mercedes who’s wagging these𝔍 engi🎉neering changes?” he said.

“Is the engineering team saying we need to be changing our concept💮, or is it presღsure from those in the cockpit from Lewis and from George?

“Lewis is a vastly experienced racing driver🌠 and George has got ple🧸nty of experience himself, but you want the engineering team to be driving it because they understand engineering and design and aerodynamics way more than the drivers ever will. 

“But I just worꦕry that the changing concept, did it come from the cockpit or did it come from back at base?”

Like Ferrari at the end of the Michael Schum♔acher era, Croft says Mercedes’ downfall is expected given the high-profile personnel that have left the team.

“They’re losing staff, Loic Serra is heading off to Ferrari and they’ll miss him, and there have been oth꧃ers that ♑have gone as well,” Croft added.

“We often see that dynasties dissipate after a while, and that group of men and women that came together to create su🎉ch an amazing dynasty at Mercedes have ticked past midnight and are we starting to wane just a little bit now?”