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I'm not sure putting it down to one person is the answer.
The Williams always has great top speed.
Lol, this has to be the most delusional take i have seen in my life.Jdn1327 wrote: ↑03 Mar 2023, 18:34Customer teams do have a habit of beating the works team...redbull and Renault...McLaren and Mercedes...time to stop living in denial and realize the change of guard has happened...mediocrity is what Mercedes are now...Lewis will retire this year and George will be where he started...fighting for the scraps. Mercedes are a disaster
Basically what we knew already, and people think he’s signing that new deal.
It was pure misconception that people kept thinking Mercedes were closing the gap to the front last year. For some reasons, people were happy to believe it that way, rather than looking deep and understanding that, Red Bull and Ferrari had stopped developing their 2022 cars and moved on to 2023 after summer break, whereas Mercedes kept developing 2022 car until end of season. It gave a false picture that Mercedes have closed the gap to the front. Now that the Red Bull and Ferrari have come with all the upgrades of the second half of last season, they naturally have a margin over Mercedes. Abu Dhabi last year should have been a wake up call that suggested that the performance difference, despite Mercedes' late season development, still kept them 7 tenths away from Red Bull.
They clearly need to make some room to bring senior talent from other teams, as they've clearly run out of internal talent to promote from within, with all that brain drain. Look at the jump AM made by poaching Fallows from RB and other senior engineers from Merc/RB. Mercedes itself became a powerhouse by poaching from Ferrari, RB, McLaren and Renault/Lotus.Matt2725 wrote: ↑03 Mar 2023, 18:42I'm not sure putting it down to one person is the answer.
They've obviously seen something they want to pursue but perhaps don't have the ability to develop effectively.
It's telling they assumed they'd be 1.5 second up on the field at the start of last year. Based on today's timings, that theoretical advantage is gone.