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It has been a pretty frustrating season - Mercedes technical director on roller coaster ride in 2022

By Charanjot Singh Modified 18 Sep 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Mercedes have not had the best of seasons. Mercedes technical director Mike Elliot has said that the season has been a very frustrating one for the team. Mercedes entered the season hoping to exact revenge after their disappointing end to last season. As things turned out, their car hasn't been good enough to challenge for the championship. Their zero-sidepod design failed, leaving Mercedes as the third fastest car in the grid, behind Red Bull and Ferrari. Moreover, Mercedes' performances have been pretty up and down, which Eliiott has termed 'frustrating'. In the Mercedes debrief video, he said: "I think it has been a pretty frustrating season. Not only from our general performance level compared to where we have been in previous years, but also the roller coaster we’ve been on race to race where we have seen our performance go up and down." He continued: "I think we’ve been working hard to improve performance and we’ve gradually been doing that through the season, but we’ve also been trying to get on top of this understanding of why certain circuits are good for us and certain circuits bad for us." Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team@MercedesAMGF1GR63 x @MercedesAMG GT3.7343252GR63 x @MercedesAMG GT3. https://t.co/FIKvNiWQ4S While looking for positives, Elliot said that the team is now more equipped in understanding the tracks where they could struggle and where they could do well. For instance, they knew Zandvoort was going to be a good track, but there were reservations about Monza. He said: “The word that has come out of that has sort of given us a tool that pretty much allows us to predict where we will be, so we knew going into Monza it would be a more challenging circuit. It would be a bit more like we had seen it in Spa and less like we had seen it at Zandvoort and Budapest." Mercedes (371) are third in the constructors standings, trailing Red Bull (545) and Ferrari (406).

Given the car we had we could not have achieved anything else - Mercedes technical director

Mike Elliot was complimentary of the team's drivers and operations. Despite massive hurdles, the team has done a decent job in the championship this season. Although they are yet to win a race, they have had multiple double podium finishes while George Russell setting the team's first pole of the season at Hungary. Elliot said: Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team@MercedesAMGF1Remembering the late, great Sir Stirling Moss on what would have been his 93rd birthday. 3404247Remembering the late, great Sir Stirling Moss on what would have been his 93rd birthday. https://t.co/5rGQb6yqsY “I think having said that, given the car we had, to bring it back in third and fifth places, I think was a good result for us. It showed we operated the car really well; the drivers got the best out of it. Given the position we are in with the car, I think I couldn’t ask(ed) for any more than that.” The German team has not had a winless season since 2012 when Nico Rosberg won the team's first F1 race. Mercedes have six races to continue that streak. What's your favorite race of the 2022 season so far? Tell us in the comments below.. Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Bhargav × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ Be the first one to comment on this story More from Sportskeeda Fetching more content... 1 Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout No Results Found Get the free App now Manage notifications Popular ‍ Sports (30+) CricketCricket HomeScheduleT20 World CupT20 warm upIND vs SAENG vs PAKAUS vs ENGLegends LeagueECS T10 CroatiaWBBL 2022ECC T10SMAT 2022Bukhatir LeagueNZ T20 Tri-SeriesWomen's Asia Cup 2022ECT10 FootballFootball HomeNewslettersSK Experts ScheduleEPLNations LeagueLa LigaLigue 1Champions LeagueFIFA WCMLS Bundesliga Serie A WWEWWE HomeNewslettersRumor RoundupRAWSmackDownResultsRosterChampionsWWE Crown Jewel 2022PPV ScheduleAEW EsportsEsports HomeMinecraftOverwatch 2RobloxGenshin ImpactFortniteGTAStreamersFree FirePUBGValorantBGMIPop CultureAnimeGaming TechWiki Guides TennisTennis HomeTennis calendarTennis Results TodayATP RankingsWTA RankingsRoger FedererRafael NadalNovak DjokovicSerena Williams MMAMMA HomeUFC NewsONE ChampionshipUFC Fight NightScheduleRankingsResultsUFC Fights TonightONE Championship ResultsONE Championship ScheduleONE Championship Rankings KabaddiKabaddi HomePKL 2022PKL SchedulePKL Points TableKabaddi Rules WikiWiki HomeMinecraft WikiNaruto WikiTikTok WikiYoutube WikiGTA WikiTerraria WikiOne Piece Wiki MoreSportsBasketballIndian FootballNFLMinecraftFormula 1NascarPop CultureCollege FootballHockeyGolfAthleticsBadmintonGymnasticsWrestlingSwimmingTennisShootingBoxingArcheryWinter SportsRobloxFree PicksSkateboardingKho KhoLifestyle LINKS About Us Write For Us Policies Editorial Standards Journalism Awards Fact Check Affiliate Program Careers CSR Privacy Policy Contact Us Edition: English हिन्दी