Toto Wolff feels Mercedes must commit to an F1 car concept straightaway as it cannot afford to split resources across two projects.
While that points to a new direction for 2024 and beyond, Mercedes still needs to address what it can achieve this season.
With cost cap limits meaning there is not the luxury to run parallel programmes of improving the W14 and working on a new B-spec concept for later this campaign, Wolff says the team needs to choose one or the other direction.Asked about the difficulties of developing an all-new design under the cost cap, Wolff said: “It is extremely difficult to catch up such an advantage, but it is what we have to do. We have no choice.
With the Imola upgrade expected to bring only two or three tenths of a second, Wolff already knows that it is not going to be enough to get Mercedes to the front of the grid.
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