This season was meant to be a fresh start for Mercedes, one where it would eliminate the Achilles heel that held it back time and time again in Formula 1's new ground effect era.

After two years of struggling, Mercedes produced an overhauled 2024 car, one team principal Toto Wolff insisted was a good foundation to build on.

But it STILL hasn’t got on top of one of the key challenges of these ground effect cars, hitting problems that are all too familiar.

This has to cast doubt over whether the dominant force of the 2010s will ever get on top of these types of cars.

0:00 Intro
2:05 Familiar problems
4:13 A fundamental problem
6:16 The good news
8:03 A difficult start

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