“We don’t have the answers yet of what the best solution will be” : Mercedes could possibly get a revamp on the W13 in 2023

“We don’t have the answers yet of what the best solution will be” : Mercedes could possibly get a revamp on the W13 in 2023

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff

The Brackley-based racing team, Mercedes faced another difficult weekend in Baku, as both 7-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton and George Russell duelled the inordinate porpoising that has plagued them all season.

While it continues to remain cautiously optimistic that it will be able to access the innate effectiveness that it claims to believe its existing W13 has in order to compete with Red Bull and Ferrari, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says that larger scale modifications may be in the works for 2023 if situations do not improve significantly.

“I think we are looking at all possible solutions under the leadership of Mike Elliot. He’s a really strong technical director, and there are no holy cows. Everything is being looked at and we will for sure bring the car back on track. If things cannot be solved in the short term, because they’re conceptual, then they will be sorted out over the next few months,” said Wolff.

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Mercedes is yet to find answers for its root problems: Toto Wolff

Mercedes' W13
Mercedes’ W13

While Mercedes really hasn’t retained the threshold of pattern that it demonstrated with significant improvement at the Spanish GP, Wolff asserts that the team is progressing in addition to understanding what went awry. However, he claims that it is still unclear what steps should be taken with the W13 to address its issues.

That is why it is carrying on with the kind of research projects that Hamilton carried out in Baku, which revealed him to his back taking a huge hit. “I think we know what the root cause of our lack of performance is, but we don’t have the answers yet of what the best solution will be,” added Wolff.

Wolff believes its stellar performance at the Spanish Grand Prix demonstrated that it can accomplish well on seamless tracks with no kerb riding. That is why he believes this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix at the choppy Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, where drivers must attack kerbs will be an excellent option to investigate its flaws.

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