Nico Rosberg has labelled his former team Mercedes’ current F1 struggl൲es “strange” and “difficult to understand”.

Rosberg drove for Mercedes during the height of their F1 domination - in which they claimed an unprecedented eight consecutive constructors’ world championships - and narrowly beat 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton to tꦦhe world title in 2016 before retiring from the sport.

But since the introduction of major🥃 new regulations in 2022, Mercedes’ fortunes have changed dramatically, with the German manufacturer only mana⛎ging one grand prix victory.

Mercedes had another disappointing result at the Chinese Grand Prix as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell qualified💛 eighth, while Hamilton suffered a shock Q1 elimination and w♔as only 18th.

“It’s so strange, and difficult, to understand how the incredible Mercedes team struggles to understand the new r✱egulations aerodynamically, and how to get the most out of it,” Rosberg said durꦕing Sky Sports F1’s coverage of qualifying.

“It has changed a lot. Now the aerodynamics are 𝓀so much more important under the car, rather than over the car. Under is far more difficult to measure in the wind tunnel, and to correlate what you find in the wind tunnel t🌄o the real world.

“But somehow they don’t get it right.”

Analysing Mercedes’ weakness in qualifying, Karun Chandhok note🍨d: “George loo꧋ked pretty despondent. Hamilton made a mistake,” Chandhok said.

“Lewis was up, on the lap. On a decent lap. He went so deep into the hairpin and ran wide in🃏to the kerb. He lost six tenths there.

“The car performance wasn’t there, but six tenths would have put him into P5 [ahead of🌞] Oscar Piastri, which is not bad.”

Chandhok also compared Mercedes’ performance against customer team Aston Martin, whose driver 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso claimed a brilliant third on the grid.

“Alonso didn’t have a good run. As he starts to wind the lock on, he gets a snap of oversteer. 💮It put h🍷im off line,” Chandhok added.

“Russell also had a snap of oversteer but not as bad. Despite t🥃he poorer run, Alonso has pulled time on Russell. He had more rotation, was able to carry more speed in𒐪to the apex.

“It seems to me that the M🐬ercedes doesn’t rotate as well in the low speed corners.

"In Turn 7, both drivers were flat-out. In terms of positioning, Russell did not quite have the grip. He didn’t have the confidence to attack. A snap of oversteer p🐭ut him off line. That compromises his line.

“This means, when we get through 9 and 10, Alonso was quite clearly ahe💫ad.

“Inꦰto 10, Alonso was using less kerb. He is still able to rotate the car better, and use a tighter radius. That launches him onto the straight. I think he’s able to get onto the throttle earlier, as well, because he’s able to get through 11 and 12 with better rotation.

“On the hairpin, at the apex, Alonso was so much deeper than Russell. Because he takes a wider radius, he carries more speed, I think. It doesn’t hurt🥀 him. You can see that he’s quite a chunk ahead. Despite doing a bigger distance, he has not lost anything.

“For 🐼Russell, so much of it was lost in the fir🦄st half of the lap. The Mercedes just does not seem to have the grip underneath it.”