Mike Elliott's Mercedes departure was announced ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix.
When asked by Sky F1 pit-lane reporter Ted Kravitz whether Mercedes’ departed chief technical officer Mike Elliott was the “defender” of the unsuccessful ‘zero-pod’ concept, George Russell denied this.
However, this ambition is yet to be truly realised, with Red Bull having established themselves as the dominant force of Formula 1, winning the 2022 and 2023 Constructors’ Championships, while Max Verstappen has reeled off three Drivers’ Championship titles in a row.Mercedes meanwhile has scored only one victory since the regulatory reset, that achieved by Russell at the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix.
It was at the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix where Mercedes finally waved the white flag on their unique ‘zero-pod’ concept which had failed to deliver the goods, though Russell denied that Elliott was the one who had dug his heels in to keep it around into a second season, to no success.“No, it’s never one individual who makes or breaks success,” said Russell when asked if Elliott was the “defender” of the W13 and W14 concept? “It’s always a collective.
“But as I said, there’s never one individual, it’s always a collective. As the saying goes, ‘We win and lose together’.
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