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George Russell has expressed the Mercedes car in 2024 has provided the “most inconsistent” performance that the team has encountered in F1
Mercedes’ performance in the 2022 season with the return to ground effect aero has been a stark departure from their dominant era of eight consecutive Constructors’ titles. The team showed promise with three wins in four races before the summer break, but struggled to maintain momentum afterward, experiencing unpredictable behavior with the updated W15 car. Lewis Hamilton suspects that the new parts may be causing high-speed incidents, yet both drivers will continue to use the latest floor at the upcoming race in Brazil. As Mercedes aims to better understand their revised package, George Russell highlighted the challenges faced by the team, emphasizing the inconsistency in performance, potentially the most significant in the team’s history. Russell acknowledged the importance of learning from the remaining races to guide the team’s development path for the new regulations in 2025, despite the lack of championship contention this season.
