8 Lewis Hamilton4 Michael Schumacher3 Ayrton Senna2 Jenson Button, Mika Hakkinen, Damon Hill, Nelson Piquet, Sebastian Vettel, Jacques Villeneuve#F1 pic.twitter.com/YL8OryST9X. For Mercedes, the 2022 F1 British GP means a significant round of upgrades on the car. All year ride height has been a critical factor, and the difficult thing has been to find the right compromise between performance and bouncing at each track. "Whatever happens we will push as hard as we can. For Red Bull, the reshaped engine cover is the most obvious change and was visible when the car first made an appearance on the track. We wont be able in one go just to catch up and be with Ferrari and Red Bull. For a better experience, keep your browser up to date. Mercedes could be preparing to unleash the most radical technical innovation seen so far on any of the ten all-new Formula 1 cars for 2022. Mercedes go into the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend off the back of their best result of the season so far after Hamilton and George Russell both took podium finishes at Paul Ricard last time out although Max Verstappen held a comfortable advantage at the front as he went on to take victory. Sky F1's Ted Kravitz takes a closer look into the porpoising issues that have afflicted the Mercedes cars all season. In the first few races, we were literally just sort of fighting to survive, Shovlin admitted. There are significant modifications made to the floor edge as well, along with the introduction of a completely new lower beam wing for the rest of the 2022 F1 season. And we dont know whether we can fight for second in the championship, were not ruling out fighting for first even though it feels increasingly like a long shot. Because as I said the thing that worries us is not having a development direction. Get the latest transfer news, match previews and news direct to your inbox. In the dry George looked like he was the quickest in Turn 9 [Copse], which is probably the most challenging corner here. To access your subscription or free account. And those are the bits, you put the effort into trying to get right. We were expecting that problem. The team have introduced upgrades to the car gradually over the past few races, and while they have made strides in getting closer to the race pace of Red Bull and Ferrari, their deficit remains around the one-second mark with Lewis Hamilton qualifying nine tenths behind pole-sitter Charles Leclerc at the French Grand Prix last weekend. The Mercedes cars, while appearing to have a grip on their porpoising issues, have still been bouncing and struggling for pace compared to Red Bull and Ferrari - and Lewis Hamilton even called the W13 "undriveable" amid experiments in Canadian GP practice. The next three races have been more difficult in terms of bouncing - caused by Mercedes lowering their ride height in a bid to stop the porpoising - but the team hope Silverstone will be easier. Ferrari has introduced a new engine cover, a sidepod undercut revision, modified rear view mirrors, and an outboard stay redesign in line with the new engine cover. Even though if you look at it from a distance it looks quite similar to what we had at round one, aerodynamically it is quite different beast now., This years bold concept has seen substantial changes since the season-opening Bahrain GP. "Let's see what our rivals will bring to Bahrain. There is a move away from the 'zero' sidepod philosophy with a more bulbous, outwashing-style with a deep forward undercut. Mercedes says that it continues to make steps forward. F1 2022 heads to Silverstone for the big event of the motorsport summer. But Alpine's Fernando Alonso thinks those differences will be short lived. This allows the teams to bring to the track much-needed upgrades and modifications to their cars. "Then next year, all the cars will be the same.". Its exactly what we were seeing in Barcelona. But were full steam ahead trying to develop this and get into the fight, because thats by far the most important thing, showing that we can solve these problems more so than where we finish in the championship., Porsche has won more Le Mans than any other marque drivers and team explain their ambitions to make more history with the 963 LMDh car, Max Verstappen showed dominant pace in FP3 for the British GP, a clear margin between the Dutchman and the rest of the field, The new FIA directive on porpoising won't come into force for two races but a fascinating detail could change the order when it does. There are accompanying revisions throughout the car revised front wing profiles, floor fences, halos, diffusers, bodywork around the rear suspension, and cooling louvers. "Everyone will have new parts in Bahrain," a team source told the German magazine. 2022 F1 British GP: Preview and Predictions. 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He added that upgrades will continue to come to the car as the season progresses as team principal Toto Wolff said there is still much work to do to get Mercedes battling Red Bull and Ferrari for the remainder of the year. It just helps us develop the car, but also get the most out of it in any weekend., Shovlin says that the team can finally get the best out of the car. Those have fed back into the development process. To be honest, it wouldnt be anywhere near the frustration that wed be feeling if we brought a load of parts and we felt like weve gone backwards, said Shovlin. There are modifications around the front suspension along with a completely different iteration of the floor introduced this time around (the third for the season). Youll have seen that often we werent the best in Monaco, we werent the best in Mexico. And its not dominating the balance completely. But its certainly a car that we can start to work with.. US Open 2022: Will Djokovic & Kyrgios miss the US Open? At other times in the session it looked like we were closer to the front. But in the high-speed corners it was coming in. Indeed, Italy's Corriere della Sera believes Mercedes' upgrade package will be nothing short of "revolutionary" and also "controversial". "Now we should manage our own expectations, and just really grind away, look at the data and come up with some sensible solutions. And that is one of the things that wed like to develop, but were making progress in that direction. The latest news, updates and more straight to your inbox, Mercedes hasnt ruled out fighting for 2022 F1 title as upgrades show promise. The signs are certainly positive and if we have three teams in the mix the rest of this season could be fascinating. Carlos Sainz kept his cool whilst others didn't at a soaked Silverstone to take a sensational pole for the 2022 British GP, So I think we have made progress. "We will be trying to push the car forward, trying to get some pace from the package we've got as well as the new bits we are going to add to it. "No they can't win, no way!" Mercedes' last major upgrade package came at the Spanish GP, their best race of the season so far in terms of challenging their faster rivals. Check here for latest versions. Allison explained qualifying remains a concern for Mercedes at present and admitted the Hungarian Grand Prix is unlikely to see the reigning Constructors champions trouble the two front-runners for pole. Sign-up now for access to a limited number of articles. And to be honest, were just going through it, looking for the problems, and then well try and apply our engineering skills to solving them. - Henry Valantine. The team is optimistic that the modifications will bring about a significant performance improvement, but we'll have to wait and see if that is the case. Updates and the smooth Silverstone asphalt have given Mercedes renewed hope. Mercedes will be bringing car upgrades to the British GP as F1's misfiring world champions bid to build on an encouraging Canada weekend. "After four or five races there will be one or two teams that win all the races and the rest of us will copy what they have," said the Spaniard. And whilst our issues with bouncing quite rightly generated a lot of interest in the early races because we were at the worst end of the pack, if you look at us here, I think were actually near the better end of it, were certainly not the best, but were a long way from being the worst. 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And speaking in Mercedes' post-Canada debrief, technical director Mike Elliott confirmed the eight-time constructors' champions were bringing updates next weekend, although he was still cautious about their speed. Indeed in dry FP2 session at Silverstone on Friday Hamilton was an encouraging second fastest, just 0.163sec off Carlos Sainz. In terms of the upgrades themselves, yes, they are incremental steps, they are small steps that were added to the car, but the important point is we have plans to introduce far, far more across the races that follow. Some are even expecting a laptime gain of a full second over the Barcelona car, while at the same time benefitting from a considerable weight saving. Let's take a look at what every team revealed after the first day of running.
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