Mercedes telah membuat awal yang mengecewakan untuk musim Formula 1 2023 setelah melihat rekor gelar konstruktor delapan tahun mereka berakhir pada tahun 2022; Saksikan latihan terakhir GP Arab Saudi secara langsung pada hari Sabtu pukul 13.30 di Sky Sports F1
Terakhir Diperbarui: 18/03/23 10:46
Toto Wolff mengatakan mobil Mercedes W14 akan terlihat “sangat berbeda” dalam waktu lima hingga tujuh balapan setelah mengonfirmasi bahwa tim sekarang fokus pada “satu filosofi desain”.
Setelah terjebak oleh pengenalan peraturan desain baru musim lalu dan melihat rentetan delapan gelar konstruktor berturut-turut diakhiri oleh Red Bull, Mercedes memilih untuk tetap menggunakan filosofi desain yang sama untuk musim Formula 1 2023.
Namun, penampilan buruk di pembukaan musim Grand Prix di Bahrain awal Maret membuat Wolff mengakui bahwa tim telah melakukan kesalahan, dan akan mengambil jalan yang berbeda, dengan spekulasi berputar-putar tentang desain mobil alternatif ‘Rencana B’.
Berbicara secara eksklusif kepada Sky Sports F1 Rachel Brookes setelah latihan hari Jumat di Grand Prix Arab Saudi akhir pekan ini, Wolff memberikan pembaruan tentang rencana tim untuk beberapa minggu mendatang.
Dia berkata: “Pertanyaannya adalah apa yang Anda maksud dengan mobil Plan B?
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“Saya pikir mobil itu akan terlihat sangat berbeda dalam lima, enam atau tujuh balapan berdasarkan keputusan yang telah kami ambil dan arah pengembangan yang telah kami mulai.”
Selain terlepas dari peraturan baru 2022 yang radikal, Wolff mengatakan kemampuan Mercedes untuk pulih dari kesalahan mereka telah dikurangi dengan batasan biaya olahraga, yang diterapkan pada 2021.
“Kami semua memilih batas biaya untuk memulai dengan tujuan membangun lapangan permainan yang lebih seimbang,” kata Wolff.
George Russell dan Lewis Hamilton mengatakan mereka berharap untuk ‘memaksimalkan’ kinerja mereka setelah hari yang sulit dalam latihan di Grand Prix Arab Saudi
“Kami terpengaruh oleh itu, itu jelas pada tahap ini, tetapi saya tidak ingin mengatakan bahwa batasan biaya tidak memungkinkan kami untuk mengejar ketinggalan – ini lebih sulit tetapi kami harus melakukannya.
“Saat kami memutuskan, yang telah kami lakukan, arah mana yang harus dituju, ke mana kami ingin memiliki mobil, kami hanya melanjutkan dan mendorong keras dengan satu filosofi desain itu.”
‘Lauda ingin kami meniru desain mobil lain’
Baik pasangan pembalap Inggris Wolff maupun Mercedes Lewis Hamilton dan George Russell tidak memberikan rincian tentang bagaimana W14 akan diubah, tetapi bos tim tampaknya mengisyaratkan bahwa ia percaya bergerak menuju desain pengaturan kecepatan Red Bull RB19 adalah “sederhana ” pilihan.
Wolff ditanya tentang apa yang disarankan mantan ketua Mercedes dan juara dunia F1 tiga kali Niki Lauda, yang memainkan peran penting dalam membangun tim sebagai kekuatan dominan olahraga sebelum kematiannya pada 2019, dalam situasi mereka saat ini.
“Saya sangat merindukannya, tetapi saya sangat merindukannya sebagai seorang teman,” kata Wolff. “Kami semua merindukannya sebagai ketua.
“Bagi Niki itu akan sangat sederhana, karena kesederhanaanlah yang membawamu pada keputusan terbaik dan aku tahu persis apa yang akan dia katakan.
“‘Mobil kami terlihat sangat berbeda, mari kita buat seperti yang lain dan optimalkan. Kami memiliki tim yang hebat, kami memiliki teknologi dan infrastruktur yang hebat, kami dapat melakukannya jauh lebih baik daripada yang lain, jadi kenapa tidak kita lanjutkan saja dengan itu?
“Segalanya selalu sangat sederhana. Anda selalu dapat memotong semua omong kosong, dan pada akhirnya keputusan sederhana dalam hidup, yang seringkali merupakan keputusan naluriah ditambahkan bersama dengan data yang mendukungnya, dan begitulah cara Niki beroperasi. Jangan hal-hal yang terlalu rumit, dapatkan dasar-dasarnya dengan benar.”
‘Ada banyak yang bisa dipelajari dari Aston Martin’
Sementara Mercedes diharapkan untuk memulai musim di belakang Red Bull juara bertahan Max Verstappen, fakta bahwa mereka dikalahkan oleh Aston Martin di Bahrain datang sebagai kejutan besar.
Bagian penting dari mobil Aston Martin, yang membawa Fernando Alonso ke urutan ketiga di belakang Red Bulls di Bahrain, dipasok oleh Mercedes, membuat penampilan mengesankan mereka di awal musim semakin memberatkan pasukan Wolff.
Fernando Alonso menyalip pasangan Mercedes George Russell dan Lewis Hamilton sebelum melewati Carlos Sainz dari Ferrari untuk finis ketiga di Grand Prix Bahrain
Finis kedua Alonso dalam latihan kedua di Arab Saudi pada hari Jumat menunjukkan Bahrain tidak akan menjadi satu-satunya, tetapi Wolff mencoba untuk mengambil hal positif dan mengatakan dia senang melihat temannya dan pemilik Aston Martin Lawrence Stroll menikmati kesuksesan.
“Mengapa itu membantu kami, mereka memiliki seluruh bagian belakang dari mobil kami, suspensi, mesin, kotak persneling – semua itu, jadi kami tahu ada area yang benar-benar bagus, sehingga kami tidak perlu terlalu banyak bertanya, “kata Wolf.
“Tapi di area lain di mana mobil secara fundamental berbeda di mana kita perlu mengatur fokus kita – ada banyak hal yang harus dipelajari.
“Lawrence telah melalui begitu banyak tahun yang sulit, dan sekarang tim sedang naik daun, mereka sukses, jadi bagi kami untuk belajar dan bukan sebaliknya seperti selama bertahun-tahun.”
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