The basic “concept” of Mercedes’ uncompetitive 2022 car is under review. “Then we have to look in the mirror,” team boss Toto Wolff said. “Before we could possibly switch to another concept, we first have to understand where things are going wrong.”. “We have to manage to trim the car back to how it was in practice, when we were really competitive,” said Wolff. But it’s not like it used to be, when you could write off a year to focus on the next. Wolff was asked if the ‘no sidepods’ concept simply be scrapped before the season is out.

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