Anyone who was expecting Merc to be on top w/ a brand new car, and cost cap in place needed to face reality. Iāve been telling my Merc fans to curve their expectations due to the fact. I was expecting them to be in the same situation as last year or worse so these results donāt surprise me. Iām not wasting anymore energy complaining about it atp.The problems and cracks started even before 22ā but having the best Driver/Car combo allowed them to ignore the faults until the cost cap made it so they got brain drained and couldnāt just keep throwing money to fix the car.