Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has revealed that the team are trying to resolve clutch issues that has hampered their starts this year.
Formula One switched back to a single clutch system at the start of the year and it has seen Mercedes, in particular Lewis Hamilton, struggle to get off the line.
"The clutch we are giving them is not perfect," Wolff admitted to Autosport. "It is difficult to handle the clutch in the right way."
It has now been revealed that a number of things have been altered, including the drivers gloves, in a bid to resolve the issue.
"Both drivers have worked on that, going as far as changing the way the glove is done in order to release it - how the glove is sewn," he said. "This is just one aspect as it goes to how you release it, how you hold the revs, and that is very complicated."
"Then there is the random factor of getting all that right, and that is not always very easy with the clutch."
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