Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton it seemed paid the price for loading on the downforce at Suzuka. F1
, Hamilton and George Russell were tied for 19th and 20th place at the two measuring points, the first on the home straight and the second on the straight after the Spoon curve.Mercedes’ problem on the day was that they ran a large rear wing, bigger than that used by Red Bull, Ferrari or Alpine, and with no DRS in play on the wet track the drivers found it difficult to overtake.
“As it happens, the DRS was never enabled, and that meant that overtaking was very, very hard and perhaps the right decision would have been a lower downforce setting. But the Brackley squad has been on the back foot all season, ever since they found their W13 bouncing from once track to another.
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