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Mercedes: Signs of W13 issues there from early running

Mercedes' Director of Trackside Engineering, Andrew Shovlin revealed the team realized the issued of their 2022 Formula 1 car the W13 from its early running. Mercedes showed up with a conventional looking car at the first 2022 pre-season test in Barcelona, and finished the final day fastest of all. The team however turned heads when they showed up for the second test in Bahrain with their 'zero-pod' concept, which soon turned out to be a flop as the W13 was slow and viscously bouncy. In a video on their YouTube channel, Mercedes responded to a question from a fan asking them when the realized their W13 had problems. 'To be honest the signs were there from the very, very early running, even...
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