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Mercedes’ Trackside Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin says the team hopes they can carry their momentum “into the final bit of the season, continue to develop and hopefully continue to win some races”.
After two years of difficulties, Mercedes is finally climbing its way back to the top of the field.
The team’s Trackside Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin explains how the turnaround came about.
“The main thing is the progress,” the Briton said.
“Where we were in the early races in Bahrain and in Jeddah, it was difficult to look at the car and understand what it was you had to do to make it quick.
“We could see it had certain strengths, but it also had plenty of weaknesses. The team has responded brilliantly to that challenge.
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“We know where we want to get to in terms of performance level. We knew that we wanted to be winning races, and we set ourselves a target of by the end of the season. We wanted to be qualifying on pole and winning races.
“We have now had three wins in the last four races. We have had six podiums on the trot. That has perhaps been more than we had expected at that point.
“We are really enjoying the racing now. We are enjoying the challenge. It feels like the team has a bit of momentum behind it.
“We are hoping that we can carry that into the final bit of the season, continue to develop and hopefully continue to win some races,” Shovlin concluded.
