George Russell has conceded Mercedes should 'sacrifice' at least part of the season in order to undergo a rethink of its unique concept. read more »

David Coulthard says that Toto Wolff's assessment of the W14 car is a "blow" to Mercedes’ Formula 1 design team. At the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, Wolff... read more »

Ex-F1 driver David Coulthard believes Toto Wolff's sensational U-turn over Mercedes' W14 concept is a "big kick in the whatnots" for his design team.  read more »

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has conceded the deficit to Red Bull at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix was unexpected after Carlos Sainz fell 48 seconds back from... read more »

Here's what we learned from an intriguing F1 2023 season-opener in Bahrain, where Red Bull dominated as Mercedes and Ferrari floundered. read more »

Frederic Vasseur is confident that Ferrari's large deficit to Red Bull in Bahrain was down to set-up choices, rather than the car's overall concept. Red Bull... read more »

The Italian squad had hoped to be able to lead the challenge against Red Bull in F1's season opener last weekend. But despite pushing its rival hard in qualifying, worse... read more »

Ted Kravitz believes "reality has struck" Toto Wolff - and has questioned Mercedes' upcoming upgrade, and noted their new concept will be their third in less... read more »

After a troubled pre-season testing run, the German manufacturer brushed itself off, dug deep, got to the bottom of the problems it faced with the W13, and later in the season... read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff appears to have thrown in the towel with the Silver Arrows' zeropod concept, conceding "I don't think this package is going to... read more »

Mercedes lagging behind Aston Martin, who use the same power unit, is why Lewis Hamilton was critical of his team's concept, says Sky's Ted Kravitz. read more »

As Mercedes lags 0.6s behind Red Bull, Toto Wolff admits that it is time to go back to the drawing board. read more »

Toto Wolff has conceded Mercedes will have to change their car concept in order to return to the top in F1.  read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has told his engineers to go back to the drawing board after conceding the team's car concept is not good enough to fight for the title... read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted that the German team’s current aerodynamic concept is not going to work. Following a tough 2022 campaign, the Brackley-based... read more »

After a disappointing qualifying for the season-opener in Bahrain, with George Russell and Lewis Hamilton qualifying sixth and seventh, Wolff said the reality of his... read more »

A despondent Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes are a "long way off" fighting at the front after a disappointing start to the season-opening Bahrain GP weekend, and admits... read more »

Lewis Hamilton fears Mercedes are starting the new F1 season "further behind" than they did in 2022 and has expressed doubts over the team's concept.  read more »

His comments suggest that while the team is planning to move away from the "size-zero" design introduced in Bahrain a year ago on the W13, it won't necessarily... read more »

Seven-time champion, Lewis Hamilton has rubbished media claims that Mercedes has a Plan-B whereby it abandons the current concept of the W14. read more »

As first reported by Autosport, dynamic panels that are fitted in sections along either side of the cockpit and are visible from onboard cameras allow the team to change the... read more »

The Maranello-based outfit raised some eyebrows when the front wing of its 2023 challenger featured the very same slot gap separator trick concept that Mercedes had been told... read more »

Ferrari will have to explain to the FIA about the unique S-duct concept with the sidepods of the new SF-23 car, according to a report in Italy. read more »

Mercedes reportedly already has a B-spec package in mind as a contingency plan in case its revolutionary zero sidepod concept fails to produce the desired results again in... read more »

But once the finished cars had gone public, it was inevitable we would see teams hone-in on the agreed best ideas, even if it meant switching concept. The imposition of a cost... read more »