James Allison says Mercedes will continue to see W14 as a 'weak car' until it improves enough to become the quickest on the 2023 F1 grid.
podcast, Allison, who has returned to the technical director role after a job swap with Mike Elliott, said the car’s performance is still far below what the team expects.
"It's adequately kind to its tyres, but not as good as some of the cars that we've made in the past. It's got more downforce than most of the cars on the grid, but not sufficient. Its handling characteristics leave a little to be desired, and need to be worked on for sure. "It’s quite early in the season to be diagnosing what your car is great at or what it isn't great at because the car's not a fixed thing," he said."It's a platform that develops all the way through the year.
"But honestly, it feels too early to be predicting that because these are young rules, this is a young car, and there's plenty to give to it."Allison confirmed the team will have a new package in Azerbaijan and will continue to bring updates as the season unfolds. "But we're at a stage in the season where there's still plenty of firepower there to keep putting lap time on the car weekend by weekend."regarded as its current opposition, Allison stressed the focus was on a bigger picture of pursuing an overall performance gain.
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