There is still concern that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mercedes have not fully tackled the problems that bli𓆉ghted the past three years, it has been claimed.

Mercedes will launch the W16 for the 2025 F1 season, their first since 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s exit.

Although the season will be dominated by their new post-Hamilton er❀a, the key topic will be whether Me❀rcedes have understood what went wrong since 2021.

“I wouldn’t be confident to s🤪ay that they understand what’s going on,” Lewis Larkam told the Crash F1 podcast.

“For several seasons they have been going around in circles, trꦦying to get their heads around these regulations, and how exactly to get the best out of these car♛s.

“McLaren 🦩are an obvious example - we’ve seen them go from the back of the field to understanding their car, and how it works, and developing themselves to the f🎀ront.

“Mercedesꦇ haven’t been able to do that. We’ve seen fluctuations for t💙wo seasons."

Las Vegas proof of Mercedes' woes

“Sometimes they are str𝓡ong, t🎀hey are the team to beat, but they don’t seem to understand why.

“I think back to Las Vegas last year - George Russell dominated the race weekend, Lewis Hamilton came second despite starting lower on the 🅺grid. It showed how much performance they had on that weekend.

“But we🎃 didn’t see that on a week-by-week basis. It was helped by cooler track temperatures which was one of the rare strengths of𝓡 their car.

“Finding an answer? We’re not at that point yet. Toto Wolff says they are still 𓄧expecting to see fluctuations.

“That doesn’t gi🐠ve off a great impression that they have got on top, and that they understand how to make their car a more consistent front-runner.

“I don’t think they have the answer, at the moment. That’s clear𓆉 fr♎om Toto staying quiet about talking up their chances.

“I am not confident that they fully know what their issues are𓆏.”

Three-time F1 grand prix winner Russell will become Mercedes’ senior dꦰriver in Hamilton’s absence this year.

Team boss Wolff made the🎐 bold decision to select teenage rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli as Hamilton’s repla♔cement.

How the talented Antonelli fares in his first season in F1 will remain a⛦ hot topic of debate all year.