“Next year we are back” - Toto Wolff fires warning to Red Bull for F1 2023
Mercedes endured a difficult end to their 2022 campaign at the season-ending 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell finished fifth, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton retired from the race late on with a mechanica🥂l issue.
It caps off an underwhelming year for F1’s do𓃲minant force in recent seasons, with third in the constructors’ championship their wors💙t finish since 2012.
Even though Mercedes struggled for much of the season, they did t🅺ake a 1-♎2 finish at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix last weekend.
Speaking to Sky Sports F1 after the ra🌠ce, Wolff reflected on the season as a whole.
“First of all, we're gonna put these cars in rece🧔ption at Braxley and in Brixworth to remind us every single day how difficult it can be,” Wolff said. “But thank you every🍒one, this is a character-building season.
“Not a blip for a race but a full season. You keep pushing so hard,꧟ the engine came along really well and I'm proud of what we ac⛦hieved there. On the chassis side there were more bad moments than good ones but the good ones were spectacular like a week ago.
“It made us feel how good it can be and now we're just pushing forward for 𝔍next year. It's raw, it's bad and it's okay to feel like this but next year we are back."
Wolff admitted Mercedes’ poor display in Abu Dhabi was a “precise summary 🎐of the season”.
“That was really not good,” he added. “All the mistakes you can make. A car that was not at the pace it shou𝔍ld have been. Third-quickest today. One breaking down and one running out of tyres. A precise summary of t🐷he season
“We cooked the tyres in the first few laps, we attacked strong, the team seemed to be really good but the front-right just gave up. Maybe th🐠at’s somethin🉐g we should have predicted.
“We knew that Abu 🌺Dhabi was going to be a difficult one for the car, certainly if the correlation is good. Certainly, Brazil was spectacular, dominating from the beginning to the end with a 1-2. At least we ticked th♈e box with the race win.”
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