The W14 struggled for performance at the high-speed Monza, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton finishing a low-key fifth and sixth at th𒈔e Italian Grand Prix. 

But Mercedes are hopef💮ul that the high-downforce Marina Bay circuit, plus changes to the layout, will suit their car. As such, the team have set a target of returning to the podium for the first time in five race💫s. 

"There is a reason to think 🍎that the car will work better and that is because Singapore is a maximum downforce circuit," Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin explained. 

"Our performanceꦗ at the high downforce tracks like at Barcelona, Budapest, and even Zandvoort the car was working well, and we've had pretty strong performance.

“We're hoping to be able to be a bit quicker there and get back to a position wh☂ere we can challenge for podiums. The track though does throw up some pretty unique challenges and we've also got💟 some layout changes for this year. 

“There is a sequence of four corners near the end of the lap that havꦐe been removed wherജe the track used to go underneath a grandstand through a tunnel.

"That's now gone so we've got a longer straight which will change🔴 a little bit how the tyres are working. There is a bit less energy there but it's also an abrasive tarmac. We've got the softest three compounds so it's a pretty tough race on the tyres and it's also a bumpy st🧔reet circuit.

"Added to that, the race is run at night. Plenty of challenges for us to try and tackle the🏅n but we are going there optimistic for a strong performance.”

However, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has cautioned against making predictions, having been burned in the p♕ast. 

"From last y♓ear into this year we need to be careful with our predictions,” he said. “We could go 'high downforce, hurray, we'll be right behind Red Bull next week' but we don't know, that's the truth. 

"The teams from second to sixth can be ꦚpretty close together - that's us, Ferrari and McLaren and Aston Martin. 

“But we are cons𓂃istently scoring with two cars, we are solidly𝓀 second in the championship, hopefully soon third in the drivers' championship with Lewis, so we are delivering the best possible job considering the car's lack of performance."