Toto Wolff, the head of the Mercedes F1 team, said he was able to halve the gap with the front runners over the weekend of the F1 Spanish Grand Prix and is optimistic that he will be closer at future events. ..
Mercedes has endured a tough season start, at the mercy of improving chronic bouncing that significantly impeded the potential of W13.
However, a series of updates introduced in Miami and Barcelona eliminated much of the bouncing and improved performance at the F1 Spanish Grand Prix last weekend.
George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were 4th and 6th in qualifying, respectively, and finished 3rd and 5th in the final. In particular, seven-time F1 World Champion Hamilton has made a comeback from the puncture on the first lap.
“In a sense we were surprised by these regulations,” Toto Wolff said.
“And we have a step-by-step understanding of what we need to do to get performance back into the car. This weekend we’ve taken another big step. Perhaps halving our disadvantage to front runners. I let you do it. “
“There is still a long way to go to be in the middle of the battle.”
“I’m not ecstatic yet, but it was a very good weekend with lots of positive signs.”
“We had a solid race to beat Ferrari, and for Lewis, we probably had the fastest race car of all today.”
“Now we need to untie this seam, analyze the data and make gradual improvements to win the race.”
“George made a great defense once morest Max. The way he placed the car was the kind of race we love to see, and in the end he managed the car well and regained the podium.”
“As for Lewis, I was unlucky on the opening lap, but the recovery drive following that was great. As a driver, it’s always difficult when I’m down 50 seconds, but we never give up and his last The pace was great. He was able to compete for victory. “
“The weekend was better than expected because I’m always pessimistic regarding things. At least in Barcelona, I moved clear from the midfield and caught up with the front runner for 0.5 seconds.”
“We were one second late, but now it’s 0.5 seconds.”
“Unleashing the car’s potential by tweaking things at the stop, so today was the most valuable race to compare two cars with setup and tires.”
“Our understanding has taken a big step, and there is definitely more potential.”
After the F1 Spanish Grand Prix, Mercedes F1 is in third place, 75 points behind Red Bull Racing, which has risen to the top of the Constructors’ Ranking.
“I saw a race car that reminded me of a race car from a previous season. I was more than 30 seconds behind the whole field, but I moved up to near the podium,” Toto Wolff said.
“Can we fight the World Champion? We must be able to, but that requires a car that can finish in 1st and 2nd place.”
“There’s a reason to believe we can get there, but when you look at the odds they’re once morest us, but motor racing is another ball game.”
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