Toto Wolff has revealed Mercedes were “very close” to breaching F1𒐪’s cost cap following a crash-strewn end to the 2024 seasꦦon.

Three major crashes during the back end of the 2024 season put a strain on Merce𝓀des due to a lack of spare parts.

Kimi Antonelli’s crash at Monza and two 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell c🐽rashes later in thཧe season put Mercedes in a predicament.

Russell was forced to run a ‘Miami-spec’ floor in Mexico followi✱ng his crash in Friday practice.

Not only did it impact Mercedes’ on-track performance, but it also left them in a di♋fficult financial position.

Wolff confirmed that it 🅷had significant implicat✅ions for their financial spending for the year.

“Very close. You can’t build up a 🐬big egg nest,” Wolff told AMuS. “It’s more the case t🍎hat you overshoot at the beginning of the year and then start to save.

“At the end o🍃f the year, we had to do without some upgrades in aerodynamics and mechanics because there was simply no money left to produce the corre🔜sponding parts.

“The accidents at the end of the📖🔜 season really get you into trouble. Kimi [Antonelli] in Monza, George [Russell] in Austin and Mexico. At one point we only had one set of a certain type of wing.

“In Mexico we couldn’t go back to the old aero specification because there wer🐠e no spares available. There was no money left within the cost𓃲 limit for new ones.”

A new chapter for Mercedes in 2025

Mercedes go into 2025 without Lewis Hamilton in oﷺne of their cars.

Instead, 18-year-old wonderkid 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Kimi Antonelli will make his🗹 F1 debut for the team a๊longside Russell.

Mercedes have struggled to get to grips with 🐠F1’s current regulations in the ‘ground effe⛦ct era’.

While Mercedes took four wins last year, they were miles off the pace compa♎red to the top three i𒅌n the standings.

Mercedes have lacked consistency, of꧃ten left scratching their heads amid theiꦺr varied performance levels.