The previous two Formulation 1 race weekends haven’t been too form to Toto Wolff and Mercedes.
Two weeks in the past in Austin, each Lewis Hamilton and George Russell began in the back of the grid in america Grand Prix, Hamilton after a stunning elimination in Q1 and Russell after a shunt in Q3 pressured the crew to make adjustments to his W15, requiring a pit lane begin. Whereas Russell managed to get into the factors in Austin, Hamilton spun out of the race on simply the second lap.
In Mexico Metropolis final weekend, the crew delivered a third-row lockout, with Hamilton ending fifth and Russell sixth. Nonetheless, they lacked the tempo to battle on the entrance within the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix.
Now they head to Brazil for the ultimate race of this triple-header, hoping for “smoother” crusing in South America.
“The previous two races in Austin and Mexico Metropolis haven’t been our cleanest so we’re aiming for a smoother weekend at Interlagos,” stated Wolff within the crew’s media preview. “Regardless of the challenges within the US and Mexico, we have now furthered our studying with the W15. Given our place within the championship, we have now been capable of take a look at issues out with little penalty. While we’re nonetheless centered on maximizing our end result every weekend, that testing and studying will probably be worthwhile in setting us up strongly for 2025. We’ll proceed that method this weekend in Brazil.
”Interlagos is a correct driver’s circuit with loads of undulation and a problem mixture of low, medium, and high-speed corners. Given that it’s the penultimate Dash format of the yr, we must execute successfully from the primary session to get the automotive in a superb window,” added Wolff. “We all know will probably be tough to problem the Ferraris and the McLarens who’ve seemed robust in latest races. We’ll nonetheless be working onerous to take action although and can see the place our relative efficiency is over the weekend.”
Mercedes enters the ultimate stretch of the season, sitting fourth within the Constructors’ Championship standings. The hole to Pink Bull in entrance of them is 146 factors, doubtless too huge a mountain for the Silver Arrows to climb over the ultimate 4 race weekends.
However a smoother time of issues in Brazil could be a superb begin to that climb.
