n several ways, James Allison’s return as technical director is starkly new ground for the modern Mercedes squad. It finds itself in such dire straits compared to how it previously dominated Formula 1 that a major change to its technical staff has been felt necessary. At the same time, the reshuffle is very . Team boss Toto Wolff says it was at former technical director Mike Elliott’s urging that the change was made, that Elliott felt “with James we have a gladiator on the field and the troops are going
