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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Giles Richards

Formula One 2022: a team-by-team guide to the cars and drivers

This season’s drivers pose on the grid with their cars during day one of testing in Bahrain.
This season’s drivers pose on the grid with their cars during day one of testing in Bahrain. Photograph: Dan Istitene/Formula 1/Getty Images

Mercedes

Car W13 Engine Mercedes Principal Toto Wolff Debut France 1954 GPs 249 Titles 8 Last season Champions. Struggled in testing with a car that may prove to be more of a diva than previous models. It suffered from heavy “porpoising” (ie the car heavily jarring up and down on a straight) and a consequent lack of balance, brake-locking and understeer. Believe they can solve the issues and in doing so will have a very quick car but this may be the most trying opening to a campaign they have faced for many years.

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