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Mercedes technical director reveals biggest Barcelona shakedown surprise

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Mercedes technical director James Allison admitted he was pleasantly surprised by how reliable the new 2026 Formula 1 cars were during private testing in Barcelona
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Andrew Shovlin, Technical Director of Mercedes, presented the team's guideline for the upcoming pre-season trials in Bahrain, after a very successful shakedown in Barcelona. Based in Brackley, the team signed a very productive first week of work, with George Russell and Kimi Antonelli who accumulated 502 laps in just three days on the Catalan circuit. The quality of the programme conducted in Spain was such that Shovlin had already indicated tha…

Formula 1 found itself in Barcelona last week for a first test in common with the 2026 single-seaters. The opportunity for Mercedes F1, as for his rivals, to finally see the technical solutions brought by all the teams... and to draw inspiration from it! Technical director James Allison (left in the picture), revealed that the team did not hesitate for a second to study the other cars to understand what was done in the other teams, and to dig (.…

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