Despite lagging behind the dominant RB19 of runaway leaders Red Bull 😼this season, Mercedes have made steady progress with a series of large upgrades introduced prior to the summer break.

The biggest update arrived in Monaco, where Mercedes debuted a revised sidepod design amid a revamp of t💎heir W14 which the Silver Arrows hope will ultim🥀ately help them get back to the front of the grid. 

꧙“The positives are that we clearly see some development route tha💦t functions,” team principal Toto Wolff said in a Mercedes video summarising the first half of the 2023 season. 

“We understa🐟nd where we need to add performance. It’s a frustrating process because it takes time to change a car fundamentally in the concept, in aerodynamics. 

“But there’s definitely light at🍒 the 📖end of the tunnel.”

But Wolff admitted improvements still need to be made in order to give drivers 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton and168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: George Russell a more consistent car. 

“I think the main areas of improvements is just to give the drivers a mꦏore reliable car,” he added. 

“It’s not about the absolute amount of downforce, but it’s just for them to know that the car is going෴ to be stable when they turn into a corner, which isn’t the case at the moment.”

Although Mercedes have al🌼ready confirmed more upgrades are on the way for the remainder of the campaign, Wolff stressed that development of the W14 has “almost sto♔pped”.

“The sails are set for 2024 now with the car development almost🅺 stopped for this year,” Wolff said. 

“I find that good because there is so mu🦋ch we can optimise on the current car without looking too much at upgrades. 

“Let’s see how we can reallไy get it into more of a sweet-spot whilst gaining lots of understanding for next year.”