Mercedes “in a much better place” after final day of F1 testing

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell made an encouraging start to the 2023 test on Thursday with a car that didn’t seem to suffer from porpoising like its cursed predecessor.

But the week took a wrong turn on day two, when the Brackley team struggled with the balance throughout the day in both the hot daytime and cooler evening conditions.

The team admitted it was mystified by its loss of performance and held an investigation deep into Friday night to get on top of…