Wolff: Mercedes constantly 'peeling onions' in 2022 battle
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says fighting the problems with its 2022 Formula 1 car was like " peeling layers of onions ."
The W13 proved to be Mercedes' worst F1 car since the W03 of 2012 with only one race win in the 2022 season as Lewis Hamilton went winless for the first time in his Grand Prix career.
The octuple Constructors' champions slipped to third in the standings as the W13 proved troublesome throughout the campaign.
Firstly it was affected by porpoising which tricked the team into believing solving this would improve performance.
While it did, the porpoising was only masking a more serious, ingrained flaw with the concept - believed to be in the design of the floor which could not be rectified in-season.
It is this continuous battle Wolff described as like "peeling onions." Wolff in the kitchen "We knew from the get go at the beginning [of...