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Brawn: Difficult to find words to describe Mercedes
- Jake Williams-Smith
Formula 1 motorsport director Ross Brawn says it is becoming difficult to find the right words to describe Mercedes after an unprecedented start to the 2019 F1 season.
The reigning world champions have dominated proceedings, taking five straight one-two finishes and securing comfortable leads in both championships after just five rounds.
Everything apart from the team's points total has been maximised to the point where Brawn, who himself has been party to dominance in F1 as part of the Ferrari-Schumacher dream team, is running out of words to accurately describe the team.
“It’s becoming difficult to find adjectives to describe Mercedes’ first quarter of the season,” Brawn said.
“Five wins, five one-twos – pretty much perfect. Apart from their points tally, what was really impressive was the Silver Arrows’ technical superiority on a track that is widely believed to produce a true picture of the pecking order on the grid due to the characteristics of its layout, and also due to the fact that the circuit is the preferred winter testing ground of Formula 1, when the race eventually comes to Barcelona it highlights the steps in development made by the teams. And it’s in this latter area that Mercedes have really demonstrated their strengths.
“So, is that it then, championship over bar a battle between the two team-mates at the Anglo-German team? I don’t think so as there are still a lot of races to come, but it’s true to say that Mercedes have laid down a strong early marker on both championships.”