MERCEDES ADMIT FOUR MONTHS WITHOUT MAJOR UPDATE

Original: Mercedes admit they completed "nearly four months without introducing a major update"

Mercedes engineering director Andrew Shovlin acknowledges the team completed nearly four months without introducing a major upgrade.

Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin admitted that the team's lack of a major upgrade for almost four months was a factor in losing out to McLaren in a tightly fought qualifying session for the inaugural Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring.