Amid the eight-time constructors’ champion’s ongoing ground-effect struggles, technical director Mike Elliott and chief technical officer James Allison swapped roles back in April.
Allison has alluded to this change leading to a shift in how Hamilton, who has cited a ‘constantly improving process’, and Russell are involved in the work back at the Brackley factory.
He reckons that while the team has more access to its drivers at a race, the pair have “put aside time for us in a slighter cooler environment of home” to rank their grievances.
He explained: “The race weekends, you get your greatest access to the drivers because you're with each other for many hours.
“But it's also a very fractious environment to interact because the pressure of doing well at the circuit means that it's just slightly less objective than if you're doing it back at home.
“The drivers have been good enough to put aside time for us in a slightly cooler environment of home.
“That has proved useful; it’s proved helpful for ranking the problems they have, for seeing the opportunities and just making sure that the things that we are working on are well aligned with what they're describing.”
Source: Autosport