The German manufacturer has had a challenging 2023 campaign, with its W14 not having made the step forward that the squad anticipated.
It has been no match for the championship-winning Red Bull team, despite undergoing a change of design direction from the Monaco Grand Prix.
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The team has been open that for 2024 it will completely change concept, as it bids to unlock a dramatic step forward that it hopes can get it back in the fight for victories.
While a dramatic shift in direction for next year means that there is likely to be little carry over from the W14, that does not mean that Mercedes has abandoned working on efforts to improve its current car.
Team boss Toto Wolff has already revealed that a decent upgrade is being planned for the United States Grand Prix.
But although any new parts arriving for the W14 may not be taken on for next year, the team says there is still a great deal of learning about performance that will help next year’s design.
Speaking in the team’s regular post-race review video, Mercedes head of strategy Rosie Wait opened up on why it did not make sense for the team to simply abandon work on the W14.
Source: Autosport