The F1 breakthroughs Mercedes made in Japan – and what's next
OPINION: Mercedes has endured a difficult start to the 2024 season with Lewis Hamilton suffering the worst opening period of his Formula 1 career. So what exactly is going on within the team, and what lessons were learned at the Japanese Grand Prix?
Far from a hoped for podium, Hamilton and Russell finished ninth and seventh in Japan but cause for cautious optimism remains
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Jake Boxall-Legge Autosport’s Technical Editor. Having studied Automotive Engineering with Motorsport at the University of Hertfordshire, West Country-born Jake's original ambition was to design racing cars. During a year between studies in which he accidentally rekindled a love of writing, he took up a Master's in Motorsport Engineering at Oxford Brookes. Halfway through his master's year, he was offered a place on the Autosport Academy, conducting occasional freelance duties before becoming the press officer for Formula 2 and GP3 in 2018. Autosport offered him a return to the fold later that year to serve as its Technical Editor. His voice appears on a number of videos and podcasts, and can often be found writing about terrible Formula 1 cars in excruciating detail. In his spare time, Jake enjoys baking and blames his failure to make it past the Great British Bake-Off interviews on his tenuous grasp on choux pastry. His dream is to open a brunch cafe - and his willingness to make outrageous puns in inappropriate situations has earned him the contempt of his colleagues.
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