Are Mercedes back? Toto Wolff gives verdict after best race of F1 2023 so far

Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff has downplayed suggestions his team are back after their most competitive showing of the season at the Spanish Grand Prix. 
Are Mercedes back? Wolff gives verdict after best race of 2023

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton finished a distant second behind Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen but led Mercedes’ first double podium of the year as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell brilliantly recovered to third. 

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The Mercedes cars, heavily-revised following a major upgraꦗde at last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, were second-fastest behind the dominant Red Bulls in Sunday’s race in Barcelona.

Asked if Merced💟es are 𝓡back following their best race of 2023, Wolff told Sky: ”Let's keep our expectations real.

“There's such a long way to go in order to catch Redও Bull. We just need to grind away.

“It's a good 🅘moment to see that the developmen༒t direction is right.”

W🉐olff added: “I think the learnings are is that♌ we have a good race car. 

“I thꩵink Lewis was a good five-six seconds behind Max when he cleared Carlos, and I think we are just much closer. 

“But you see where the benchmark is. The gap at the end was 20 seconds. Maybe it is 15 in reality but that is just not where🐠 we aim to be.”

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 8, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, Spain, Race
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 8, Spanish Grand…

But Wolff is confident Mercedes can continue to make gains now that they have a clear development path since taking the decision to abandon their ‘zeropo🐽d’ concept. 

“We just need to chip away,” Wolff said. 

“We’re really good at grinding. Once there is a set-up direction and we develop in 🐼that direction, we just go for it. We have that advantage in term💮s of aero time. 

“But we also have to be realistic. Today the temperatures really suited us. It was nice and fresh. No𝐆t too cold, not too hot,💛 the car was in the absolute mega window.”

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