Mercedes given faith for 2024 F1 leap by Aston Martin, McLaren progress

Mercedes has endured a challenging campaign, the progress it had hoped to make with its W14 failing to materialise as it embarked on a ‘painful’ change in car concept.

The team recognised it had aimed to run its aero platform too high, giving away too much performance compared to rivals running much closer to the ground.

Mercedes believes that a fundamental overhaul of its approach for 2024 will finally allow Lewis Hamilton and George Russell to…