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Formula 1 is set to race in Australia for the first time since 2019 – and the lone Aussie driver on the grid Daniel Ricciardo is chomping at the bit to get back to Melbourne, describing racing at home as a “privilege”.
Lando Norris has conceded that moods have dipped at McLaren, who sit eighth in the championship ahead of this weekend’s 2022 Australian Grand Prix – but the squad are still motivated to push on and recover. Norris and team mate Daniel Ricciardo – whose home Grand Prix returns after two years – took the team to P4 in last year’s constructors’ championship but only sit above scoreless squads Aston Martin and Williams after two races of this season. Before the Briton opened his account by finishing P7 at Jeddah and taking six points, he was asked about the mentality at McLaren.
Mark Hughes anticipates a significant update to the Mercedes W13 for this weekend's Australian Grand Prix as the Silver Arrows attempt to claw back performance. Giorgio Piola provides technical illustrations. Mercedes are set to make the first major hardware change to their car this weekend in Melbourne. We expect to see an all-new rear wing at the very least and possibly some accompanying changes to the floor. These are the first of what the team hope will be a development programme that can access the potential they believe is within their W13 design. But it is only a sticking plaster-type mitigation of the underlying aerodynamic problems, for which a deeper solution is required, and which the team is researching.
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