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Allison says ‘fragmented’ Mercedes team led to ‘destructive pattern’
Mercedes F1 technical director James Allison has opened up about the team's struggles in the past two seasons, attributing them in part to a period of "disorientation" and "fragmentation" within the outfit. In 2022, Formula 1 introduced new regulations that significantly increased the importance of ground effects. Mercedes, however, struggled to adapt its car to the new rules. The team's W13 car was plagued by porpoising, a phenomenon that causes the car to bounce up and down at high speeds. This predicament made it difficult for the car to generate downforce, which hampered its performance. Mercedes made some changes to the W13 in the second half of the 2022 season,...
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