The Downfall of Mercedes

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People saying you picked the wrong time are forgetting that on dry Mercedes were slower than Stake

I honestly think the cost cap is the biggest factor in the downfall, they got complacent in being able to throw money at problems

Man I’d be livid if I was Russell: Merc make you spend 3 years at Williams when they’re at some of their least competitive years, finally get into Merc right as the domination ends, Hamilton still highly motivated thanks to how he didn’t get his 8th (except this year now he’s Ferrari bound) and now they’re already looking at Antonelli as the next big thing. It’s all gone so wrong

People calling you out for dropping this at the wrong time. They must've forgotten that George didn't even make Q3 and it's just Ham pulling his tractor to the front row. 😂😂😂😂

This isnt bad timing the sprint doesnt really matter and doesn't take away from the fact that Lance Stroll had more points than Lewis 3 races in

Honestly I’m shocked that Mercedes would be so short-sighted to think that Brazil 2022 was a sign of progress when I think from most people it was clear that the sprint format meant most teams had trouble with setup that painted an unrealistic picture. Cost them 2 years at least.

Anyone saying this is bad timing must not have noticed that Bottas in a Sauber was quicker than both Mercs in SQ2 and Hamilton was 0.058s away from being knocked out in SQ2. Half a tenth between the Merc drivers. The only reason a Merc managed a front row sprint start is purely because Lewis put in another rain masterclass. In the dry they were no better than before, rain always mixes things up.

I still remember when Hamilton pointed out that simulation is waste of time he was being branded all sorts of things

20:34 This! I saw a youtube short that praised Lewis in one of the last 2 seasons because he was driving a faster time on track than the "supercomputer" calculated. All the fans were goating him again, but they didn't realise that this is actually very bad. The software got fed with false/incorrect data then compromising basically their performance when the calculation lacks behind real life. I was immediately shocked hearing about this and it made then sense to me why Mercedes didn't get their setup under control. If all the calculations are lacking, how will you ever be able to extract the full potential out of the car when there is not that much real life testing anymore like back then in the 90s but more simulation testing...

with a quali that wet it's basically driver skill accounting for the majority of the time. No wonder it was close between Landon lewis Alonso max. lewis on p2 because he is still a good driver, not because Mercedes is competitive.

Summed up in a few words “Mercedes doesn’t know how to be broke”

All Mercedes need is a manager like me! I’ve proven it countless times in F1 Manager

The downfall really started in ‘13 when Toto pushed out Ross Brawn. Ross built that team and set the technical direction for the hybrid regs along with Schumi as his test driver and team lead. Just as they had both done at Benetton and Ferrari and Ross did again at BrawnGP. Toto is not an engineer, he’s a finance guy. He had absolutely nothing to do with that the ‘14 car and building the team. He parachuted in with no experience running an F1 team, pushed Ross out when he realized how good the car would be and took full credit. He doesn’t even mention Brawn anymore or the work he did. He just says Merc’s turnaround when he arrived in ‘13. James Volwes has said going into ‘14 they knew a Merc driver would win the title. They also had that lead baked in for 3 years with the regs severely limiting changes the other teams even make in an effort to catch up. Toto is not equipped to lead the tech dept for the new regs. He’s completely reliant on the engineers for direction. Whereas Ross set the direction and guided the engineers. Just as he did with James Allison. All of Allison’s success came under Brawn. Their current form has exposed both of their short comings and reliance on Brawn’s genius that he repeated at four different teams.

Time for a new team principal, but they made a mistake giving the team principal ownership stake, so they can't make changes. He let too many important people go, I guess to save money and make profit. When I saw ToTo teaching at Harvard while still being the team principal, it shows maybe the focus is off.

It is becoming more and more obvious. It was just the Hybrid. They knew something the others didnt

Mercedes needed 450 mil/yr to stay on top, introducing the costcap was brilliant.

it still blows my mind that ferarri didnt sign antonelli who is the best young italian driver in forever

I think when they lost James Vowles to William's the motivation might have gone down as well. He's a good Mentor to Bottas and other people on that team. When he Moved to William's he Mentored Logan Sargent to at least get him to grips on the car since he was a rookie and that really boosted his confidence even if Logan did crash the car. If this were to happen in 2022 with Lafiti could have we seen a better season from him after deciding on the 2021 title!

But Mercedes has made 500m profit, nearly 200million more than last year. And still vote against new teams. It’s a clown show.