Lewis Hamilton hampered as Mercedes admit push for F1 rule change backfired
Mercedes pushed for revisions to the Formula One regulations after they encountered the “porpoising” anomaly in 2022, but they were later removed from the competition.
A senior Mercedes executive has acknowledged that his team set up George Russell and Lewis Hamilton’s cars with undue caution this season.
The Silver Bolts managed to overtake Ferrari for second place in the championship. That being said, they were a long way from Red Bull, who easily maintained their title with their all-conquering RB19.
- Mercedes’ main focus was an interesting end of the week event in Singapore, even though the management had the chance to arrange their cars well for every event but that one. The W14 was comparable to
