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Are Mercedes' troubles simply a ‘balance' issue?
Ex-F1 driver turned pundit Marc Surer believes Mercedes' testing troubles could be as simple as a balance issue that can be fixed. Mercedes went into 2021 pre-season testing very much as the favourites to build on their seven Drivers' and Constructors' titles in a row, but the three days in Bahrain certainly did not come and go without problems. Stability has been a key characteristic of the dominant Mercedes challengers of recent years, especially last season's W11, but the W12 was looking like quite a handful with Sir Lewis Hamilton ending up in the gravel, while Valtteri Bottas called the W12 “snappy and unforgiving”. Red Bull set the fastest time of testing with Max Verstappen...
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