After it was announced that James Allison will reassume his old technical director role, Autosport took a closer look at what the move means for Mercedes.
Since 2022 there’s been a lot of talk about Mercedes’ ‘car concept’. To avoid any confusion the team decided to explain what this phrase actually means.
BBC’s Andrew Benson says James Allison’s “return as technical director is an effective admission that something has not been working in the past two years”.
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff explains the reasons behind James Allison’s return to his former technical director role, and reveals it was Mike Elliott’s idea.
Marko says he tipped Lauda that “Lewis would be available”, because Red Bull “thought Lewis would be less of a threat to us at Mercedes than at McLaren”.
Toto Wolff says Mercedes “have defined a clear direction where we need to go”, and he hopes the team “can make another step” over “the next few races”.