Shovlin: ‘A lot of everything wrong’ with the W13

Andrew Shovlin, Mercedes’ head of engineering, concedes there is a “lot of everything” wrong with the team’s new W13.

But on the up side, he says there are a few solutions well within reach.

Mercedes lined up on the Bahrain grid for the season-opening race with Lewis Hamilton in fifth place and his team-mate George Russell P9, both drivers fearing a difficult Sunday.

They did manage to bag a double points-haul include a fortuitous podium for Hamilton, the team-mates elevated up the order in the final three laps as one after the other the Red Bull drivers retired.

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Hamilton was third with Russell P4, Shovlin saying the result was better than the car.

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“From a championship point of view third and fourth is good because from a car based point of view fifth or sixth is what we deserved,” he told the F1 Nation podcast.

“Really there are two ways of looking at it.

“We’ve got a lot to do with car performance, we need to get on that really quickly, but that may not happen overnight and while we are not quick enough in terms of the championship situation we need to not be haemorrhaging points.

“So for the championship