.MercedesAMGF1 has made big changes to its technical department as its struggles continue. Nauckas analyses what James Allison's return as technical director says about the team's F1 shortcomings. Story:
is going back to the previous position he held at the team, with his successor Mike Elliott swapping roles in the other direction and becoming the team's chief technical officer.
What cannot be fully known right now is how much Elliott's decision was reached in reaction to the internal pressure at Mercedes that had been building – to recover from being so significantly knocked off its perch at the head of the F1 field by the 2022 rules reset and the return to running ground-effect cars.It was always possible that one of the leading teams come 2021's end and the new machines finally being introduced would lose their place.
By apparently deciding not to commit to a concept change before 2024, Ferrari has tripled that burden… Things are very different for Allison and Wolff now. It's no coincidence that Aston is doing so well having hired ex-Red Bull aero chief Dan Fallows, but also former Mercedes aero leader up to late 2021, Eric Blandin, as deputy technical director. So, rather than the top of the pyramid being replaced, the critical inner structure is, metaphorically at least, weaker than it was when Allison handed over Mercedes' technical director reins in early 2021.
But Wolff's explanation of Allison's"gladiator" worth via Elliott reflects that Mercedes thinks this third technical director appointment will be a well-received reshuffle internally. That second Ferrari stint didn't work out, with Allison much less hands-on design-wise on those red cars and then also sadly having to deal with the death of his wife in 2016, shortly before he left the Scuderia to support his family.
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