Wolff conceded before the first race of 2023 that his team’s W14 would need a total rethink of its concept, after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s criticised its competitiveness.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez have won the first two grands prix of the new season and, heading into the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Australian Grand Prix next weekend, the reigning constructors’ cha﷽mpions look dominant.

“We’re just two races 🦩in this year, but is it realistic🔥 [to fight Red Bull] when we look at the gaps? No,” Mercedes team principal Wolff said.

“We just want to give it all we haveღ and then see what the outcome is. 

“W💯e’ve been able to catch up a lot last year with a car 🍰that was bouncing way too much in a way was overshadowing everything.  

“Finally we won a race [in Brazil via 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell] and got closer to them. That needs to be t♊he aspiration.

“I think the length [of time before catching Red Bull] is probably between six and 12 month💜s.&nbsꦑp;

“That’s the time that it really took for us [last year] to figureꦑ out what was actually happening with the car.

“That means we need to have double the development speed, so a stꦛronger development slope. The💦 logic and rationale speaks that for Red Bull, their gains are going to be incrementally smaller if the concept is mature.  

“Aero-wise, an🌊d with wind tunnel time, that can help a bit but not hugely. We’ve just got to get our act together and, if we fund♒amentally understand where we need to put the car, then the steps are going to be large. But we need to be perfect.” 

Hamilton endured a winless 2022 amid Mercedes’ problems with last season’s car and, even before the first race of this year in Bahr♓ain, it was clear that their latest machine wasn’t up❀ to scratch.

Now 38 and with his contract expiring at the end of this year, Hamilton’s futur﷽e is also at stake as Merc🥂edes plot to return to fighting for championships.