Swed3120 wrote: ↑07 May 2022, 23:30
I honestly think Mercedes have about as much idea of their car than any other midfield team , maybe a little less than McLaren and alpine , but if you look at the rest of the midfield , all of them are quite inconsistent and Mercedes (and it’s Fans) simply aren’t used to the pace-swings common in the midfield. See last years Ferrari ( 1&2 in practice at Hungary only to fall back significantly in qualifying)
Not that it necessarily relates to the car but I’m sure bottas is pretty happy with his career choice this weeekend
2022 might well be one long test session for Mercedes, figuring out what went wrong and applying the lessons to the design of the 2023 car. If the budget cap wasn't in place, we probably would have seen Mercedes throwing everything and the kitchen sink at the problem in an attempt to fix the car. Maybe Mercedes need to admit to themselves they got the concept wrong for the new regulations and go from there. It's probably tempting to think if we solve X,Y and Z problems, we'll unlock the car's inherent speed. Which could happen, but it doesn't look likely at the moment.
I guess with newer F1 fans, they haven't experienced the cycle of top teams dominating for a while, before falling back for various reasons.