Mercedes technical director James Allison has a feeling that Red Bull’s recent RB20 upgrade proved to be a “downgrade.
Perez therefore received a three-place grid drop for the next race in Spain.
“Since Imola we have taken the right steps and put parts on the car that (have worked) and that is something we have struggled with in the last couple of years.
he was only 11-9 ahead (with Qatar and Austin excluded after a Sainz DNS and Leclerc DSQ respectively).
”Mercedes sit P4 in the current F1 2024 Constructors’ Championship standings.
with Alpine disappointed to fall down the order compared to their rivals.
Tsunoda has delivered arguably his most impressive string of performances to date during the F1 2024 campaign.