Due to regulation restrictions, Andrew Shovlin doubts that Mercedes will be able to surpass Red Bull through development this season. While the German team did win the first race of the year, there's little doubt that Red Bull have the faster car of the two, shown by the fact that Max Verstappen claimed pole position in Bahrain by a margin of four-tenths. Discussing whether Mercedes can close that gap, Shovlin stated that the stable regulations will make it difficult. “Ordinarily, excluding this year because it is different, you would look to the wind tunnel to try to just put on a bit of downforce over the course of the year and you would look at the power unit to try to add a bit of...
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