Until now in 2025, Mercedes has made his best start to the season since 2021 with 141 units. Although it stays far from McLaren, in total domination with 246 points, the German team should progress in future races, due to planned developments.
In Miami, slight modifications were installed on the W15 of George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli, the first since the start of the season. “” We have actually made improvementssaid James Allison, Technical Director of the team, on the YouTube channel of Mercedes. They are not particularly imposing or attractive, but the other improvements are gradually coming. »
In Florida, Mercedes displayed a correct rhythm on a circuit which she apprehended because of the high track temperatures, her Achilles heel in 2025. After Djeddah, ” The worst performance “From Mercedes this season according to Toto Wolff, the Austrian director said this:” The next race in Miami will take place on a hot track: we will therefore have to do better than today if we want to avoid playing a bad result. As a reminder, the two Mercedes pilots had crossed the checkered flag in the 5th and 6th places.
The director of the Mercedes stable did not want to repeat, and it was done! Again on the podium in Miami, his fourth this season, George Russell was, once again, the best of the others behind McLaren omnipotent. For his part, Kimi Antonelli lived a delicate Sunday (6th), but his feat remains his pole position during the qualifications sprint on Friday.
So, hope that Mercedes will continue his improvements to get closer to the outposts. “” Certain developments will be more visible to the outside world during the next races and, with a little luck, they will improve our situation “Said James Allison.
-Tire temperature: McLaren Force, Mercedes weakness
The W15 is by far the best Mercedes under the regulations introduced in 2022. However, it has not yet managed to rise to the highest step of the podium in 2025, because of its large weakness: the temperature management of tires.
« We are a quarter of the season. It is actually quite difficult to make improvements on the car when the races are linked at the speed of a machine gun. I therefore hope that those who will perform in the next two or three races will allow us to advance a little and that we will continue to work on the temperature of the tires during the races, which will greatly improve our fortune “Said the technical director of the stable.
According to James Allison, priority is a better management and understanding of tires, an area in which McLaren outposes the whole grid. “” Our priority will be to master our racing pace and keep our promises on Saturday on Sunday. It will be largely a question of controlling the temperature of the tires and ensuring that the car can use the pace it has. »
On the European circuits of the next three races (Imola, Monaco, Spain), track temperatures should be milder with the German team. What, perhaps, see them again on the podiums.
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