Mike Elliott: the 2022 mistake making Mercedes stronger
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As soon as the 2022 Mercedes F1 car hit the racetrack, the man who oversaw its creation realised it had problems. \\u2018We made a mistake\\u2019, admits Technical Director Mike Elliot. In finding fixes, Mike and his team of engineers have improved Mercedes\\u2019 results and learned a lot about themselves. Mike tells Tom Clarkson how they traced the car\\u2019s problems to a single design decision, how a year of not winning has helped the people at\\xa0 Mercedes develop, and how he craves a return to the team\\u2019s championship-winning form. Looking back, Mike remembers why he chose a career in F1, and the remarkable day two top teams offered him a role. That led him to work in aerodynamics for McLaren, and he recalls a surprising early conversation he had with the team\\u2019s young test driver, Lewis Hamilton. McLaren\\u2019s former leader Ron Dennis, legendary car designer Adrian Newey, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and drivers Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg and George Russell also feature in Mike\\u2019s story. He explains how F1 engineering has become \\u2018more specialised\\u2019 and has advice for anyone who aspires to work in F1 car design.
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