Toto Wolff is convinced Mercedes have made “solid progress” with their W15 F1 car despite a run of poor results in 2024.

Mercedes’ best finish of the year came at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, finishing fifth.

Since then, neither Russell nor168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton have finished inside the t𒈔op five, making it their worst start to a campaign in over a decade.

Mercedes have fond memories of China ahead of its return this weekend, winning baꦉck in 2012 - their first win since returnin🌺g to F1 in 2010.

Looking ahead to the weekend, Wolff said: “Returning to China is an important moment for the sport. As the world's largest automotive market and second biggest economy, China is crucial to tꦦhe sport's global footprint. The growth of F1 in recent years has been positive𒅌 and China is a key market in which to continue this progress.

“We are looking forward to racing in Shanghai for the first time in five years and bringing F1 back to the Chinese fans. With a sell-out crowd expect⛦ed, I am sure it will be a fantastic event.”

Wolff is hopeful Mercedes can continue to ‘build’ on the progress they enjoyed in China despite theꦍre being limited practice time due to the sprint format.

“It will be an interesting weekend on track,”  he added. “With new cars, new tyres, and changes to the track surface since we last raced in Chi🌄na, there will be plenty of unknowns. We have the first Sprint weekend of the year too and that brings its own challenges.

“The changes to the format, including a second parc fermé, will be an improvement to the rhythm of the weekend - and the single hour of practice still puts pressure on to make correct decisions with imperfect inf𓆉ormation. We are looking forward to that test, though. 

“The💦 headline results didn't necessarily show it, but we made solid progress with our car in Japan. We are looking forward to building on that this weekend.”