Toto Wolff has admitted that Mercedes have a “fundamental issue” which the team “haven’t solved” as they look to return to the front of F1.

Mercedes have endured a sluggish s꧟tart t🎃o the 2024 F1 season, scoring just 26 points in the opening three races.

It equaled their worst start to a campaign since ༺2012, where they had just 26 points following the Chinese Grand Prix which Nico Rosberg won.

Much was expected from Mercedes in 2024 after they drastꦦically re-designed their car.

The driver position was adjusted following a request from 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton, while the suspension 𓆏and general architecture was ad༺justed.

Mercedes also reverted ౠto a m🦄ore conventional car concept, moving away from their aggressive ‘zero-pod’ look, but so far at least, it’s not worked out.

Speaꦿking to , Wolff conceded that Mercedes ‘lost thei𝓰r way’ at the start of the new rules.

“I think we’ve lost our way in theও beginning of ‘22 because all of our tools and systems gave us cars that were winning championships every single year but then the new regulations were very♋ much around the ground effect - all the suction happens through the floor,” he said.

“We came out with a car that showed all the promises on the data anꦚd the wind tunnel, but it didn’t deliver. Since then we’ve changed everything𒁏.

“The layout, the suspension, the driver position, the gearboxes, but it seems the fundameꦇntal issu🔜e is at the core and we haven’t solved that.”

Mercedes have started weeke൩nds st⛦rongly in 2024 before falling away in the race.

Wolff suggested Mercedes might need to “ex🌳periment” at every single race with their car setup in a bid to reach their performance ceiling. 

“I think we are coming to a point no♔w where we need to experiment every single race, not only on Fridays because our performance seems to get worse throughout the weekend,” he added.

“We’re good on Friday, we’re good in some of the sessions on Saturday but the more grip we have the faster it goes the more we reach the performance ceiling of the car. Our dat🦩a shows us it’s not the ceiling.”