Formula 1’s Chief Technical Officer of Motorsports, Pat Symonds, believes that Mercedes’ previous advantage in the sport is to blame for some of its current shortcomings. Mercedes leads the Constructors’ Championship but has yet to win in 2018, it’s three-race drought the longest it has gone without a victory in the hybrid era. Symonds, though, reckons Mercedes, dominant from 2014 to 2016, is paying the price for its previous advantage, pointing to its tyre usage and strategic calls, with Ferrari and Red Bull now having closed the gap. “If you look back at the recent history of Mercedes, one thing that they've never quite got on top of is tyre...
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