DGP123 wrote: ↑24 Feb 2023, 17:57
Unfortunately, I don’t see much hope of a championship fight until 24’, when Merc have a real grip on this concept, and RB’s advantage begins to be eroded and they feel the pain of the reduced wind tunnel.
RB getting impacted by wind tunnel time is a non starter. Anyone that fully understands the deeper explanation of rules around capping on wind tunnel and CFD and then the penalty on RB, you would see it's a very small impact. It would only force higher efficiency for RB. It doesn't stop them from creating designs outside of CFD and Windtunnel.
Only Mercedes can help Mercedes. They will have to come out with an overall better car concept, creative ideas and efficiencies where they can make big steps forward. Otherwise, they should focus on 2026.