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Mercedes’ first pole position in over a year at the 2024 Canadian Grand Prix signalled a massive turnaround in fortunes for the Silver Arrows – with the team’s Technical Director James Allison admitting that both he and the team should have seen the solutions to their problems earlier.
After claiming eight straight constructors’ titles from 2014 to 2021, Mercedes have struggled in Formula 1’s new ground effect era rules that came into force in 2022, the team having claimed just one Grand Prix victory in that time.
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Light, however, appeared to have shone through in Montreal as George Russell – using an upgraded front wing the team brought to Monaco – claimed pole position, before racing to P3 in the Grand Prix.
Speaking on F1’s Beyond The Grid podcast, Allison was asked whether the updates to the car had been the result of a “eureka” moment that had allowed Mercedes to suddenly find performance with the previously truculent W15.
“This is more of an ‘oh God, how could we have been so dumb?!’ type moment, where you see the path forward and you should have seen it sooner!” Allison replied.
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