Listen to this article The German car manufacturer has found itself adrift of the pace-setting Ferrari and Red Bull teams so far this season, with its W13 proving especially tricky to set up. The car is suffering from bad porpoising, and the team has found that dialling the bouncing out results in the car losing competitiveness on track. Lewis Hamilton insists Mercedes is trying as hard as it can to find the right compromise without shaking the drivers too much, but says the car does not seem very compliant. “The problem is when you push the car a little bit more, she is quite spiteful,” he told Sky. “She is like a viper or like a rattlesnake: you never know.” Mercedes has maintained faith that getting to the bottom of the difficult characteristics of the W13 will unlock a lot more performance, which is why it has steered clear of any car updates so far. Speaking after qualifying in Melbourne, where Hamilton ended up more than 0.9 seconds adrift of pole, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff maintained faith that his team would unlock the answer to its problems. “I think set-up directions are very, very important, and we’ve seen the car, the d …