Back on a more conventional race track after the street circuit challenges of Monaco and Baku, Mercedes comes to Paul Ricard with realistic hope that its recent downturn in competitiveness was track-specific and related purely to the W12's reluctance to generate adequate front tyre temperature. "In Monaco and Baku we put the W12 in a window where only one of our drivers found the confidence to unlock the performance of the car - Valtteri in Monaco and Lewis in Baku," says Mercedes in its own race preview. "In such a close, intense title fight, we need to deliver a car at each race which both our drivers can confidently push to its limits." The street circuits, both in...
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