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This weekend at Imola Mercedes will introduce their big upgrade for the W14, which will mark the beginning of a new development direction. Will the cost cap be a problem?
After the first race of the 2023 season, Mercedes decided to head in a different development direction with their car.
The first steps of this new direction will be unveiled next weekend at Imola, and the team already promised the W14 will receive new suspension parts and bodywork, among other things.
In the pre-budget cap era, Mercedes would have been able to simply build a completely new car from scratch if they wanted to go in a different direction, but this is not possible now.
So, under these circumstances Mercedes opted for more of a ‘soft reboot’, but the question still remains, does the team have enough funds to pursue this new direction under the budget cap?
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Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says it does.
“Yes we do,” he said.
“Because if you embark on a new development direction it’s that one project you concentrate on.
“So that should be fine,” Wolff concluded.
