Agreed Mercedes themselves set this impossible standard, after Bahrain their "we are sorry" letter, "worst day of Mercedes-AMG" by Toto... they set people up to refer to this car as a complete failure.Farnborough wrote: ↑24 Mar 2023, 12:10It's Mercedes that have set the ground for journalistic and social media review.
Haven't they labelled it their worst car, called it a "shitbox" TW, "glad I never have to drive that again" " won't be asking to keep that one" LH.
Added to which they say they need to get back to the front where they know they belong, or words to that effect.
They've layed the foundation, of course it's going to be discussed on that basis. Naive to think otherwise.
While if you set reasonable standards... the Ferrari SF21 was regarded as good improvement, Ferrari getting back on track... it won 0 races, set 2 poles and finished a distant 3rd.