We choose the hard tires not because they are easy, but because they are hard!

Ferrari: we are chekking Mercedes: we are trying to understand

Welcome to another episode of : *WHY THE CAR IS SLOW PODCAST*

I'll answer every question for the whole year using only a few sentences. "We went with a flawed car design in 2022, we decided to continue using it in 2023 and now we're stuck playing catch up against the other teams that were already faster than us to begin with."

After every race event, the team is trying to understand why the car behaved in whatever way it did. Man, what happened to the technical department? How is the team so confused with these regulations? And can't the team hire more engineers with specialisations in aero??

Nothing against Jodi shes lovely, but I feel like when the debrief was targeted towards us the fans and viewers IE Shov, James etc speaking to us towards the camera it felt more personal and nuanced rather than an interview style video which to be honest is not the most appealing direction from a fan perspective (Were debreifing a race not hosting the tonight show)

Thankyou for being open and honest about the flaws and gain over the weekends. It shows class and that this is still a sport, sometimes it’s fun to run in the pack a few years.. but to push the entire field to higher expectations I feel is a statement in its own. Keep doing great things and easy and always cheering for you y’all!! 🤟🏾

I hope team will get better results in next races. Good luck guys, keep going💪🙏

I love race debrief. Thank you for answering our questions

Great debrief! It's always interesting to hear some behind the scenes info. I'm glad they do it. Keep pushing!

Thank you for the debrief and your honesty Shov. I wish the team to understand the car's issues very fast. Keep pushing ! I wonder if Lewis is going to be the only one to test that car ! It seems he did it again in Japan !!!

Morbid times for this team

Jodi is lovely but we need to hear from James Allison

Thanks to Shov and Jodi, another great Q&A. Have to admit Shov is another member of the team who explains himself very well, insightful and easy on the ears. Wishing everyone the best moving forwards 🖤❤

Let me guess, gist is: we gathered valuable data? Jokes aside, keep pushing team, I'm sure you can fix W15!

Good luck Team. Its not easy-going for you right now. But, we support and believe in you. Lots of learning

Sounds like we are testing things for next season

What traffic?!?!? And why are you both smiling?!?!? Are you happy with that???

Give or take. Seems like these data and the planned upgrades could only bring them to the near podium at the second half of the season. Hope for the best of Merc 🤞🏼- Never give up.

Debrief: Well in principle we will outclass everyone in 2026 with the best engine despite having a terrible car. Because in hindsight we never had a good car but just a brilliant power unit

Always positive thinking showing the car is working well, base platform is good, except the results

Lewis is a wise man. He knew it dude...

It boggles my mind at how much Mercedes are learning week by week. You'd probably think with all the experience and know how, by now the car would be fully understood. Is it a magical car that changes every week.....or is it perhaps a transformer?

I used to love watching these videos. Nowadays, it's just very depressing.

Jodi is the only upgrade that seems to have worked for Mercedes.

We are in a bit of maze. But i still have faith we will get it together! 🙏🏾

I don't want to be negative, there's enough of that going on. But I'm getting the feeling they're not being honest with themselves and that's hurting them. And the fans. We can see what's happening. We know where you're at. Own it.

Good to know it was a great weekend for the Sushi

The other teams were slower than us, is this debrief a joke. Not once did I hear we got it wrong. No accountability and no ownership whatsoever

i actually like this debriefs, really informative i just wish ferrari and redbull or aston has this debireds

Be honest can you save the season

So basically merc will be slow in China too

when do you bring back the zero side pod car? that car looks much quicker than the current one

Isn´t your front wing's height too high? All other teams have lower height front wings. It looks like they want the front wind to go straight to the lower part of the sidepods and also to the diffuser.

I think the other top teams understand their cars better. That and the long straights (vs our draggy w15) will make the chinise weekend another tough one.

Come on man!

Boa sorte Mercedes positivo frente vai frente positivo Hamilton e Russell Mercedes positivo boa sorte abençoe sempre fé paz amém 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Come on Mercedes, get the Car back where it needs to be you are Champions 8 times over

Soo... If the CFD numbers and the real world performance aren't matching, could there be something wrong with the software from the CFD side??

What traffic?

3 years, we are still trying to understand the car! And the car is dependent on weather 😂, no wonder Mercedes as a whole is trailing behind other brands Toto should have asked a raptor from space x

Is the W15 another design error? Toto Wolff? I really hope that Mercedes is thinking about 2026. The only smart decision to make at this time, considering the terrible situation of the current W15 car, which is behind Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Aston Martin, because next year the focus will be on construction of the 2026 regulation car, which will be smaller and different from the current one, both in terms of chassis and engine (PU), which will also be different and 50% electric. Being in 2nd place is not an advantage at all, as having more time in the wind tunnel, CFD and simulators will be essential in 2025, to at least try to make a better car in 2026. Mercedes is at serious risk of finishing in 5th place in this championship, The only positive point of this is that it will have more time in the wind tunnel than its opponents who have faster cars.

We chose the hard tyres because its hard to beat the front runners😂

Nice Aston Martin glasses Shove…

Still a great format.

We have been data gathering for 3 years like really???? Yes this car is better then 22 and 23 by alot but how were you this slow,. If we hade this car last year we would have been fighting for a title

It's infuriating to see no progress despite three years of data analysis and adjustments. Time to shake things up and deliver tangible results!

Sorry guys you did all your laps in practice on the Soft and Medium tyres, 0 on the Hard tyre and you decide to start the race on an unknown tyre around Japan? That is so bad guys you're overthinking everything. This car also need upgrades, no amount of set up work will get you to the front.

Funny how being a Merc fan has been reduced to meh FP1, not bad FP2, cars look decent for quali FP3, underperform in quali, bad race results, justification of previous points debrief. Then repeat We might get back up there but the pain of waiting

I hope you guys are preparing well for the next set of regulations change in 2026 🙌

Debriefing now is becoming a joke I know no one wants to say negative in the team putting out false positives like you're gaining ground when you're still in the same spot every race meet makes no sense. They f***** up Mercedes when they stole the title

Mercedes must focus on the 2026 regulations, which begin on January 1, 2025. The date allowed by the FIA for the current teams on the grid to have authorization to develop the 2026 car, which is what matters, as no one in this current regulation will challenge Red Bull. With Hamilton's departure, I think they already have this intention and won't try too hard to finish in 3rd or 4th place in the constructors' championship. I'm not stating this fact, because I'm not sure what Mercedes' long-term strategy is, but it seems like they want to have more time in the wind tunnel, CFD, simulators and development, because with the budget cap and its drastic restrictions, to make a leap, a team has to sacrifice a season to focus everything on another.

......WOW.

Mercedes AMG Pertronas Leading the way in REVERSE TECHNOLOGY 🤦🏾‍♂️

2025 is likely going to be more of the same for mercedes. I would advise focusing on the 2026 regulations so they can hit the ground running. I can guarantee that Red Bull are well underway with 2026.

More of jodi please. It softens the blow a little with such a pretty smile lolol. Best of luck in china guys, top 5 lets go!

"We have work to do". Then do it.

The food question was by Jodi herself wasn't it 😄.

End of an era for now. Let's hope Merc is back in 2026

Second lap on soft used Tyre 0.5 second loss how is it possible they last for 10-14 laps in race

100%

Yo Failcedes. Don’t you have no shame? Where’s Allison at?

It is astonishing how much Ferrari have improved and Mercedes have declined over one winter. The understanding is just not there.

no performance , 3rd year still searching for balance ,

Why does this team think "different" means "great!". Just because you can do a one stop after the Red, it doesn't mean do it. All this reasoning behind the hard tyre strategy is just vibes. They understood the Deg of the track is high then aim for a 1 stop? How?

It’s clear to see Mercedes have slowly gone backwards ever since Ross Brawn left the team and top personnel. They no longer have the leadership or ability to get back to the top and it’s that simple, Lewis obviously thinks the same.

2024: 0:58 7:30 7:50 Ver: 6:22 7:05

Just bring the DAS and party mod back to the car! W15 very slow😪

it says everything about the team that lewis is leaving... absolute shambles.... the morale must be lower than the titanic at the bottom of the sea, when your main driver gives up on you

wait.. you have huge issues correlating between sim and on track performance.. ran the soft and medium in practice but started the race on hards ?? Why not practice those runs on hards or change tyre for race ??

you only use hards in monaco,

So just hang on a second! Shovlin is saying they did one lap not wanting to do another lap because they would be at least half a second slower. So why then did he then say he wanted to save them for 2nd Qualifying if they were over half a second slower. That makes little sense but then nothing that Mercedes have said in the last 2 to 3 seasons has made much sense. Id like to ask why a "top" team can make so many strategic blunders when Red Bull didn't have the pace in the car with Max at least they took decisions consistent with getting him in the race. Why is the Mercedes pit crews not on the same level as Red-bull or even Ferrari or McLaren. They seem only able to match the poorest times of these opposing teams but never ever set the bench mark.

I hate the fact that there have been no tyre regulation changes in forever. They're also going through way too many sets on a weekend, it's ridiculous, no? I would increase the # of Med's and Hard's by 1 and reduce Softs by 4. And I'd tell Pirrelli to make a longer lasting compound so the guys are pushing the entire stint and not saving tyres all the time.

I hate the new format of these debriefs. I much preferred one person, just talking to the screen, giving it to me straight.

We took the strategist from McLaren and she hasn’t done us any good since coming here. She needs to go and we seriously need a new person in that position.

Well..Nothing is working init?

I'm speaking to every engineer from James Allison to John Owen ... please please please fix the W15

Guys mark my words that car will become quicker next 2 races

Bla bla, fix the damn car!

The car

At this point I'm not sure if W15 could race a Vespa!

They TOTO lee got it wrong once again

Shovlin, Bonno, Toto, Allison all step down...sell the team to Andretti.

The best news after hearing that Lewis is leaving to Ferrari, is to know now that this year's Merc is a POS.

Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team... consistently showing the rest what should not be done with ground effect cars.... @Audi... hope you guys are taking notes

Please do something with the sound, it's very quiet.

*I have zero expectation for mercedes 2026 new rules!! Let's see what the first upgrades brings for imola*

You cant even hide it no more, Mercedes F1 racing has finished, even mercedes sponsered engine cars are beating us, bring on the Red Lewis 😊

🤔

Without George and Lewis this team would be in the lower midfield.

Could've spent the resources from whatever this is to study aerodynamics.

Debrief...... save 10mins, we were poop as usual. This is the new normal. End video

The car is junk again 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Mercedes slowly becoming Ferrari 🤣🤣🤣

just here for some sweet Hamildrones tears aaah so tasty

To those hamilton fans who are crying right now about how bad mercedes today,you might just f off to ferrari or something other.There is nothing holding you back,as a Russell fan i know the car is not performing well but this is what formula 1 is.Its not about wins always. You support the team or the driver even if it is winning or losing and if you dont want to support just f off.

I want to know y them didn't use soft in the beginning of the race so that Lewis and George could have take position from other drivers?

looking more and more like an average team who can only win with a massive engine dev headstart and advantage

ok we will meet in 2026 probably ferrari are going challenge redbull next year..

:( (cant wait to 2025 and see Lewis on ferrari a least ferrari have a idea ) sorry mercedez but the people a me have limits... ''Every race is just a trying to understand'' :(