Mercedes have taken encouragement from their 2023 F1 car and believe the W14 is a “much calmer” and “more stable” than its predecessor
“We’ve had a solid start to testing,” said Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin.
"It always takes a few days to understand a new car, but we've got a reasonable handle on where we want to improve the balance.“It was encouraging that it's a much calmer, more stable platform to work with than the W13. “We'll work on the assumption that we're playing catch up and need to pull out all the stops to find performance ahead of the first race here in one week's time.
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