Quote Originally Posted by N4D13 View Post
Even so, how many terrible starts have the Mercedes drivers had so far? I can only think of Italy and Japan, and the former was caused by overheating whereas the last one was a driver error. It doesn't really look like they have massive issues either.

I'd also challenge the point that Mercedes isn't having the same issues, as I can recall Ricciardo and Verstappen also losing quite a few places on starts, most notably when Max's poor start in Singapore caused Hülkenberg's accident. So it doesn't look like it's a Merc issue alone.
Both of them started poorly in Oz and Canada .
Then Lewis was slow off the line in Bahrain , and Rosberg went from 1st to 4th in Germany .
Hamilton bad in Italy and Japan .

Lots of bad starts actually , and none of the other Merc teams seem to have issues .

They say it's complex , and they can't fix it this year .

I'll assume you meant Red Bull in your second paragraph , and though I agree that they haven't been completely alone in poor starts , there aren't any other teams having such a torrid time of it like Merc .

I'd love to know , since they are acknowledging this Achilles heel , why they say it can't be fixed this year .


I just noticed a touch of irony in the title of the thread in regards to this .
Is Mercedes fixing it ?
Well , no . They say they can't .

Hardeehar .