Mercedes believes that Red Bull’s wind tunnel running deficit of more than 25% in 2023 could help it close the gap on the F1 world champions.
As part of F1’s Aerodynamic Testing Restrictions, Red Bull received a $7 million fine and a ten percent reduction in wind tunnel time as part of its punishment for exceeding the cost cap last year.
The additional deficiency of air stream running will mean Red Bull is vigorously.
compromised contrasted with Mercedes, which gets a ton of additional running as the consequence of completing third in the constructors’ title.
As constructors’ champions, Red Bull ought to have been permitted 70% of the total wind tunnel running, or 224 runs, per F1’s Sporting Regulations.
Second-put Ferrari ought to get 75% and 240 runs, with Mercedes on 80% and 256 runs.
However, Red Bull will now only receive 63% of the allocation and 202 runs as a result of its decline.
This indicates that Mercedes receives approximately 27% more wind tunnel allowance and runs.
When asked about the difficulties of closing the gap on Red Bull this winter with the F1 cost cap in place, Mercedes CEO Toto Wolff believes that the lack of aero testing could have an effect.
Wolff responded when questioned as to whether the spending cap made the recovery harder:I think it’s harder because you can’t really put in more money to get results faster.
Because of this, championships will be much closer in the future because teams that finish last will have 40% more chances.
That clearly constitutes an advantage that must be utilized.Is it a given that we can use it?Who can say?
Red Bull is an outstanding racing team.It will boost their motivation, which is seven percent higher than Ferrari’s.However, we have been a little closer to Ferrari in the final quarter of the season, and it’s about marginal games.
This year, Mercedes was held back by stopping work on its W13 as it searched for solutions to the car’s early-season porpoising issues.
However, once it resolved the fundamental issues, it was able to rapidly improve and dominate the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend, with George Russell taking home victories in both the sprint and main races.
Inquired as to whether the solid finish of season structure had left Mercedes sure it would be back in the battle at the front one year from now, Wolff said: “I never have confidence.
competition is, so I’m not sure at all if we can get back to where we compete for championships.
However, Hamilton, who was controversially defeated by Verstappen on the final lap of the 2021 race, claimed he had received unprecedented support to get through the difficult season.
He went on to say, “I was certainly not expecting what would come after, in terms of the amazing support from fans.”I believe that the general love I’ve experienced is what helped me get through the year.
Wolff went on to say about Hamilton’s 2022:The previous year was much worse.It was taken away from us last year.We lost it this year on merit.We were simply not good enough.
“You would expect a world champion who has had the title taken away from him to just come in and smash everyone,” Lewis has been really, really good.But he didn’t get the car from us to do that.