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Mercedes’ Technical Director James Allison says it looks like Red Bull’s recent “upgrade was a downgrade” and “that makes life hard” for them.
At the beginning of 2024 it seemed Red Bull would again completely dominate the season, but recently they appear to have suffered some setbacks.
The team failed to win two of the last three races, and Mercedes’ Technical Director James Allison thinks the Austrian team’s latest upgrade is the culprit behind their drop in performance.
“I guess as soon as there’s a decent range of cornering speeds, they’ll be useful again,” Allison said.
“But it does look as if their upgrade was a downgrade. So, fingers crossed that would really f*** them up.
“That makes life hard, because the moment you stop trusting your tools, you have to backtrack, and you lose loads of time. Time is your biggest friend, losing it is your worst enemy.”
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As for Mercedes’ progress, James said:
“I have to confess, I’m not really thinking of it in big-picture terms like that. I’m just thinking where we are now appears to be somewhat better than we were two races ago.
“Hopefully, we will be somewhat better in a couple of races from now. We’ve gone from being really embarrassingly crap, not good enough, at the beginning of the year, to be near the fight.
“A little bit more will get us right in the melee,” the Briton concluded.
