Toto Wolff dropped a hint that even Adri𝓡an Newey would struggle to solve Mercedes’ problems in Miami.

George Russell qualified seventh and Lewis Hamilton eighth for th✅e F1 Miami Grand Prix.

They both failed to score a point in Saturdayꦰ's sprint race.

Once more, both Mercedes driveꦕrs gave worrying verdicts about the competitiveness of the W15.

Meꦿrcedes team principal Wolff was asked about his interest in Newey, Red Bull’s outgoing chief technical officer who is seemingly up for grabs.

“He is an incredible engineer,🥀" Wolff said to .

"But𓆉 at the moment, even the greatest magician w🙈ould probably have a hard time solving our problems."

Mercedes, like every other top team in F1, is expected to hold an interest in 🌳Newey’s next mov𒅌e.

Newey, widely considered the gre�🔜�atest-ever Formula 1 car designer, will depart Red Bull next year.

Ferrari are seemingly best-placed to bring him on board. Newey wou𒀰ld find Hamilton in red next year.

Hamilton offered a bleak review of his qualifying oওn Saturday.

"For us to be eighth tenths off♍ is tꦰough,” he said.

“We are fighting the🦩 Haas and I don't really know if that's the true speed of our𓂃 car or whether it's the tyres.”

Russell said after qualifying: “When we look atღ the data we understand why we’re in the position weꦉ are right now.

“We’ve gone from this extreme to that extreme now so we’ve got to rewind and find ourselves iജn a halfway house.”

Mercedes brought a revised floor upgrad💃e to Miami.

Trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin expla﷽ined: "Over the next four or five races, there are other deve♚lopments that we're looking at to try and get the car handling a bit more consistently, and a bit less tricky to work with. But that's all coming in the next few [races].

"We are just behind on development, whicꦗh is one of the areas we need to improve.

“But also just getting the car to be a bit more 🔜versatile across a range of tracks will be a very important focus f𝄹or us."