Not in a position to play for the win this season, Mercedes intends to return to the front of the stage next year.
The change in regulations that came into force at the start of the season has done Mercedes a lot of harm. A step above the competition for nearly a decade, the Silver Arrows have seen other single-seaters pass them by this year, like the Ferraris and Red Bulls. From then on, Lewis Hamilton and George Russel find themselves logically dropped in the race for the title of world champion.
“We discovered the reason for our lack of performance”
But after a complicated 2022 season, the German firm intends to set the record straight. And she’s already working on it… “To understand the source of your lack of performance, you have to peel each layer one by one. Are we really aware of all the questions and their answers? No. But I think we have discovered the reason for our lack of performance,” thus let go Toto Wolff in comments relayed by NextGen-Auto.
fight for the title, ” That’s the point “
And the boss of Mercedes to announce the color for next year: “It is not something that we will be able to change this year, it is about decisions that we have made for next year, has it -he indicates. But I’m not 100% sure that I will say to you: ‘This year we are going to fight for the world championships’. That’s the goal, but we still have a lot of work to do. »