Wolff: Mercedes have made incremental gains in the last races

Mercedes group boss Toto Wolff stated that his outfit has made “incremental gains” over the previous races, however the Austrian expects Red Bull to return again on the extra conventional tracks.

Having launched a complete set of upgrades in latest races, Mercedes displayed a robust exhibiting in Montreal two weeks in the past.

George Russell demonstrated the improved tempo of the W15 by grabbing the group’s first pole place of 2024. The Briton then went on to safe his first podium end of Mercedes whereas his team-mate Lewis Hamilton completed only a spot behind.

Explaining his group’s latest kind, Wolff stated: “We have continued to make incremental gains throughout the previous few races. It was encouraging due to this fact to take one other optimistic step ahead in Canada.

“To see that translate into our strongest team result of the season so far is a reward for everyone’s hard work.”

Despite the enchancment, Wolff shouldn’t be getting carried away although, as he’s nicely conscious that the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve was a novel weekend on account of the climate circumstances and the freshly resurfaced monitor.

“The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a unique track, however. It has a narrow range of corner speeds and, with a newly re-laid surface, was something of an outlier compared to more traditional venues.”

“We know our competitors will perform more strongly at upcoming races so we will need to continue to work hard to consistently get ourselves in the fight for podiums, and eventually race wins.”

Wolff stated that the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will take a look at Mercedes’ latest upgrades, and can due to this fact ship an actual evaluation whether or not the group has managed to make its automotive extra balanced in all kinds of corners.

“Barcelona will provide a good test of our progress. It has a mix of fast, medium, and low speed corners, a long straight and plenty of elevation change,” Toto says.

“Tracks that contain this wide speed range have been a weakness of ours so far this year. This weekend will therefore provide another opportunity to evaluate our progress through our recent updates, and we hope to build on the positive momentum from Montreal,” Wolff concluded.