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Andy Cowell of Mercedes provided an update on all the work being done on the 2020 F1 car ahead of the new season.
The senior management member claimed that there have been a lot of improvements in some parts of the build but a lot of work is still to be done.
“Lots going on in Brixworth, lots of improvements across the whole power unit.”
Cowell added that Mercedes were fighting a “few little issues” but the team were working hard as they were “building the right spec”.
The Mercedes member then spoke about what else needs to be done to get the car ready:
“Providing power units to the teams so that they can power up their cars. I think we’ve spotted one that’s fired up already, and then getting the hardware ready to go track testing.”
Cowell also spoke about when the 2020 Mercedes car would be launched ahead of the F1 season:
“Car launch to be on 14 February. And then off to Barcelona with hopefully, three cars pounding around the track.
“Just six days of track testing though, before we are off to Melbourne.”
He added that a lot of the car parts are already made and assembly is being conducted and it was a challenge to get everything to Australia.
“Chasing time, getting the bits of performance and getting the reliability there. Getting a huge amount of hardware together and getting it to the other side of the world.”
Mercedes have dominated Formula One in recent years and won the driver’s and constructor’s titles last year.
Lewis Hamilton was only challenged by his teammate but even that wasn’t on for much as the Brit picked up his sixth world title.
However, it was Valtteri Bottas that won the race last year with Sebastian Vettel winning the two races prior to that.
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Mercedes have won the race four times out of the last six events, and it will be interesting to see how it plays out in March.
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