Mercedes has downplayed its chances of winning this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix due to Red Bull F1’s superiority in high-speed corners. F1 heads to Imola for round two of the 2021 season, with Mercedes and Red Bull expected to be embroiled in another titanic fight for the victory. Lewis Hamilton came out on top at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, making the most of Mercedes’ aggressive strategy, while putting up a stern defence against Max Verstappen. Due to the strong winds experienced in Bahrain, Mercedes’ trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin believes the season-opener won’t be representative for the rest of 2021. “Bahrain is quite an outlier...
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