Why Toto Wolff is ‘excited’ by McLaren’s progress as Mercedes look to improve in Hungary
McLaren moved ahead of Mercedes in the F1 pecking order last time out at the British Grand Prix as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris out-paced Lewis Hamilton to finish second.
It would have been a double-podium for McLaren had it not been for an untimely Safety Car which allowed Hamilton to jump 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri.
Mercedes have made moderate progress throughout F1 2023, with thei𓄧r revised front w🥀ing introduced at Silverstone the latest in a long-line of recent upgrades.
They’re still waiting to see tﷺhe full impact of the new front wing, with Hungary a better test of it given the circuit’s tighꦺt and twisty nature.
Speaking after the race 🍌at Silverstone, Wolff explained why McLare൩n and Aston Martin’s rapid progress gives Mercedes optimism for the future.
“Why it is exciting to see the McLaren bounce back is that you can within a season, fai🌳r enough they had🐻 much more wind tunnel time, but in any case, coming with upgrades which completely changed the performance of the car,” he said.
“We are not talking about two tenths up and down, but we are talking about a second. And that’s good for the sport that if you do the right things and put things together, we’ve seen it with the Aston Martin year-to-year, we’ve seeꦡn it with the McLaren now during the year, and I like it.”
Wolff seemed to echo Hamilton’s thoughts that championshi๊p position for Mercedes is irrelevant if progress is ꦚbeing made ahead of 2024.
“Yeah I thinkꦿ we’ve seen that major step that Aston Martin was able to bring, and now McLaren,” he said. “We have been fighting with the car since a year and a half, trying to do performance but it’s just chipping away at those small gains, rather than to do such a step.🐽
“But I really see the positive🌊s, because fundamentally I don’t care whether we finish second or third. It’s important to find our way back to f✨ighting for victories and the world championship.
“And whil🍸st podiums make us really happy to see that the car has potential, fundamentally all eyes are on the big prize and that’s why it’s exciting to see that McLaren was able to find a second.”
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