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‘Overwhelmed' Mercedes backed to fix W12 issues
Ex-Formula 1 driver Jan Lammers thinks Mercedes were 'overwhelmed' by their issues in testing, but will find a fix before the Bahrain GP. Mercedes' 2020 challenger, the W11, was characterised by its superb stability on the racetrack, but the W12 so far is proving to be anything but. After overcoming early gremlins in the gearbox, Mercedes found the W12 quite a handful with Sir Lewis Hamilton suffering several spins, while Valtteri Bottas told his team that the new challenger needed to be more controllable. The German outfit were not exactly lighting up the timing screen either as Max Verstappen set the fastest time of the three-day test for Red Bull, with the updated Honda power unit...
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