Mercedes won’t ‘give up’ on F1 2023 car but “a lot of changes” needed for 2024

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says his side are not yet prepared to give up on developing their 2023 F1 car, though he admits “a lot of changes” are needed to catch Red Bull next year. 
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary,
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, Hungarian…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton achieved Mercedes’ first pole 🅠position of the season at the Hungarian Grand Prix but was unable to convert the team’s best qualifying of the year into their first victory. 🤡;

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The seven-time world champion slipped to fourth in Sunday’s race, finishing nearly 40 seconds adrift race-winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, who helped Red Bull set a new F1 record of 12 succes🍌sive victories. 

As well as the two Red Bulls, Hamilton was also beaten by168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris in his resurgent McLaren, who have made huge gains of late to emerge🅰 as a serious threat to their engine supplier Mercedes. 

Des🍒pite recently admitting that Mercedes were poised to switch t🏅heir full focus onto 2024, Wolff suggested the team are not ready to “give up” on the current campaign just yet. 

“I wouldn’t want to give up any ܫseason,” Wolff said after Sunda✨y’s race at the Hungaroring.

“You can see how McLaren has leapfrogged everybody else with an update that t🔯hey didn’t expect to be that powerful. 

“Whatever it was, they gained a second probably and leapfroꦑgged Aston♚ Martin, Ferrari and moved in as really strong contenders at the beginning of the season are now nowhere.

“We j♏ust need to continue working, chipping away at our u🍨nderstanding and unlocking potential in the car as did Aston Martin over the winter or McLaren during the season. We won’t give up.”

Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing RB19 and Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14 battle for position. Formula 1 World
Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing RB19 and Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14 battle…

Mercedes sit second in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:constructors’ championship, 39 🐠points ahꦐead of Aston Martin, but are 229 points behind Red Bull, who have gone unbeaten so far this year. 

Asked if there was enough potential in Mercedes’ current philos♉ophy to catch Red Bull next year, Wolff conceded: “I think we need a lot of changes in 2024.

“The direction our team is developing is really quite interesting and we see opportunities and we are not shying💯 away of leaving no stone unturned, looking at every single concept🌺.”

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