The Silver Arrows camp endured a torrid outing in last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. The W15 suffered handling instability, Lewis Hamilton failed to progress into Q3 before retiring with an engine failure and George Russell crashed heavily two laps from the flag.
While the car showed competitive pace on occasion in Melbourne, it was inconsistent - despite the switch away from the size-zero sidepod concept and moving the cockpit rearwards for 2024 being partially geared at creating a more reliable platform.
