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

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.
The Mercedes cars, heavily-revised following a major upgrade🎃 at last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, were second-fastest behind the 🌼dominant Red Bulls in Sunday’s race in Barcelona.
Askไed if Mercedes are back 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 Red Bull. We just need to grind away.
“It's a good moment to see that the development direction is right✤.”
Wolff added: “I think the learnings are is that we have a good rac♍e car.
“I think Lewis was a good five-six seconds behind Max when he cleared Carlos, and I think we are just m🙈uch closer.
“But you see where the benchmark is. The gap at the end was 20 se🌺conds. Maybe it is 15 in reality but that✤ is just not where we aim to be.”

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 ‘zeropod’ 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 t💝erms of aero time.
“But w𓄧e also have to be realistic. Today the temperatures really suited us. It was nice and fresh. Not too cold, not too hot, the car was in the absolute mega window.”

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