Hamilton has complained about the position of the cockpit in Mercedes' 2023 F1 car, saying it makes him “really struggle” with the “worst feelings” when driving.
While the team has solved the porpoising and bouncing that underlined its 2022 fall to third, the fixes have exposed an underlying ground-effects concept that fundamentally lacks performance.motorsport boss Toto Wolff announced after only qualifying in the Bahrain season-opener that the team would change its design philosophy.
After highlighting how ‘pointy’ the front axle of the W13 was, he said of the 2023 successor: “If you look at the past, I've always enjoyed an oversteering car. “When you're driving, you feel like you're sitting on the front wheels, which is one of the worst feelings to feel when you're driving a car.“It makes it harder to predict compared to when you're further back and you're sitting closer, more centre. It's just something I really struggle with.
“Or the other way around: we have one that's very forwards, very much on the nose early on and then shifts later on.The seven-time title winner implied the team had knowingly leaned towards these traits when conceiving the car, but he would have intervened had it known how it would feel to drive.
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