Andrew Shovlin has described Mercedes’ start to the 2025 F1 season as “a lot calmer than the✃ last few years”, highlighting the team's significant progress. 

Mercedes have struggled to get to griꦉps with the ground effect regulations since the start of 2022.

The eight-tiꦯme F1 constructors’ champions picked up one victory across 2022 and 20🍬23.

💖While they slip𓂃ped back to fourth in 2024, they managed four race wins.

The W15 (2024 car) was pe🧔aky, only performing at low🐓 downforce tracks or cool track temperatures.

Its s𝐆uccessor - the W16 - has been a consistent performer so far in 2025, albeit a little bit off McLaren in raw pace terms.

Speaking 🎃in Friday’s FIA press conference, Shovlin reflected on an encouraging start for Mercedes this year.

“Well, it's been a lot 👍calmer than the last few years, mainly becaus🍌e the car is what we intended it to be,” Shovlin explained.

“It hasn't really got the vices that we've🀅 had in a couple of previous years and that's down to doing good work over the winter. Good work last year to try and understand the problems.

“So far, we haven't seen many circuits, but it's worked well over the ones we have and through a range of conditions. So i🏅t's good.

“There's clearly a gap to McLaren that we need to chip away at, but that looks more like just a normal development race that we need to get stu🌃ck into rather than trying to get on top of any of the handling vices that we♓’ve had.”

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell “relaxed in his position”

With 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton leaving the team at the end of last year to joinꦐ Ferrari, Russell is now Mercedes’ clear leader.

He’s started the season in impressive fashion, scoring ba✅ck-to-back podium ওfinishes in Australia and China.

Shovlin sees Russell as “relaxed in his ♔position in the team now” following Ha🐟milton’s departure.

“Certainly within the team, he's very calm,” Shovlin added. “He seems very confident. He's done a great j🔯ob in the first two races, so that's෴ been really encouraging.

“He just se💟ems to be very relaxed in h🐠is position in the team now and he's just going about getting the points, trying to qualify as well as he can. Front row in China was very encouraging.

“He's pushing us ♏hard to improve 🏅and he's doing a lot of work himself.”