Mercedes endured their worst F1 campaign since 2012 last year, scori🐬ng a single victory and pole position acros🎐s the 22-race season.

• ‘It had the big🃏gest impact on me’ - Wolff on childhoo💞d tragedy

It was the first time in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s F1 career that he didn’t stand on the top step of the podium, while new teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell fared slꦅightly better, claiming his maiden win at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

While Mercedes did end the year strongly, the early races saw Hamilton and Russell fight in the m꧙idfield, even being out-paced by the likes of Alfa Romeo on occasꦑion.

Porpoising - the bouncing phenomenꦚon on the straights - was what caught Mercedes out in the first half of the season.

Before Mercede🐠s' minor slump, they had won eight consecutive constructors’ titles 𓆏in a row from 2014 to 2021.

Even though Mercedes struggled relative to rece𝓀nt years, Wolff explained why it’s important he doesn’t interfere with th🐬e technical team.

“We’ve been lucky to win eight constructors’ titles in a row, which is unprecedented,” he told The Times.

“And that is due to the fact that we empower the staff h꧑ere. If I started to meddle in technical decisions after such a winning streak that would be odd.”

Expanding fওurther on Mer🍃cedes’ difficulties in 2022, Wolff conceded that they simply “got the physics wrong”.

“We got the physics wrong. It’s no myth. We misinterpreted some of the regulations. We put too much emphasis on seeking per🌼formance in a car that was supposed to rꦿun on the ground, very low. 

“But you can’t run it so low, because✃ it [the floor of the car] was hitting the ground. So we had to lift it up, which changed things again. It sounds like a trivial explanation, but this is the reality.”