Nah.
Merc already beat the Newey cars 8 times.
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That was back in the days when Mercedes could still build aerodynamics and suspension.
They can still build engines
.Exactly, if the engine is top McLaren will win not Mercedes.
Earmarked.
Newey has been beaten more times than he's beaten the rest of the field. He had an inherent advantage during the last reg set with previous extensive knowledge of ground effect cars. Not to mention the side project of the RB17, which coincidentally happened to also make use of ground effect.
Based on them finally getting it right 2.5 years into a said regulation set after being near backmarkers at one point? The recency bias is hilarious.
Not forgetting as well that RBR did have an advantage on their development of the baseline 22 car thanks to their catering teamMatt2725 wrote: ↑30 Jan 2026, 11:32Newey has been beaten more times than he's beaten the rest of the field. He had an inherent advantage during the last reg set with previous extensive knowledge of ground effect cars. Not to mention the side project of the RB17, which coincidentally happened to also make use of ground effect.
Based on them finally getting it right 2.5 years into a said regulation set after being near backmarkers at one point? The recency bias is hilarious.
Mercedes weren't good at Ground Effect... and that is totally gone now so the previous two years do not apply.
