Mercedes have endured a difficult start to the season with Lewis Hamilton and George Russell picking up just 64 points combined, but Toto Wolff is positive they will turn it around
Toto Wolff is confident Mercedes will improve as the season goes on and has hailed the efforts of the team behind-the-scenes, after a disappointing start from both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.
Hamilton has picked up just 27 points from the opening six races and sits down in ninth in the Drivers’ Standings, while Russell is 10 points ahead in seventh. In fact, Mercedes sit fourth in the Constructor Standings, a mammoth 60 points behind third-place McLaren and a considerable margin adrift of Ferrari and Red Bull.
Although Wolff is positive that Mercedes will get better and start to put better results on the table, he doesn’t expect significant progress to be made immediately. He has urged for patience and believes it will be required for Mercedes to turn their fortunes around this season.
“I think we understand much more what is needed to get the car in a better place because it’s so clear now what it does and why we struggle and where we struggle,” said Wolff, as quoted by Motorsportweek.com.
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“In Formula 1 you can accelerate development and produce the beats and we’re flat out. The design office is all in, the production operations are flat out. The rest has been doing a good job. All of the factories are really sixth gear in order to bring stuff to the car that we believe can be very helpful.
“In terms of what they’re bringing to the car, you can’t really rush it because you’ve got to get to the point where you say now it’s good to be released into production. And once that part comes, or once it’s come, they need to be sorted. So this is a matter of many weeks.”
