Everyone against Mercedes, with the German team doing nothing to defend themselves. Indeed, the Stuttgart team's attitude is not only that of those who want to pretend that nothing is happening, but is even causing discussions about its alleged irregularity to be fomented in some way, both by Formula 1 insiders and by fans.
In China, only the data that emerged from telemetry were discussed. If we look at public data, which can also be consulted by going to ‘Gp-Tempo.com’, we realize something strange. Mercedes' telemetry data, looking at the graph showing the speed values, becomes linear in some areas preceding the outages, as if simulating a constant speed. It's not about that.
Media Harakiri for Mercedes
According to rumors circulating in the paddock, Mercedes not only hides the data from the public, but also hides the way she practices super-clipping.
Telemetry data from 'GP-Tempo.com'.
Mercedes is probably just trying to listen to its know-how, but this way of working only fuels the criticism leveled at it. In Australia, Russell hid most of the data, while in China this behavior was noted on both Antonelli's number 63 and number 12 cars.
A good media harakiri. Mercedes' intentions are probably more to maintain the lead than to worry about these things.
Cover photo: X, Mercedes, internal photo: GP-Tempo.com
Read also in italian language: Mercedes si nasconde e fa harakiri, in Cina non si parla d'altro
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