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Mercedes Motorsport Strategy Director James Vowles says Mercedes is “a team that is here to do one goal which is to win both championships”.
With only four races remaining in the 2021 season, the championship fight between Mercedes and Red Bull is more intense than ever.
Despite Lewis Hamilton’s 19 points deficit to Max Verstappen in the drivers’ championship standings, James Vowles says the battle is far from over.
“One DNF both for ourselves or for Red Bull would completely change how this championship forms at the end of the season and ultimately, the points gap is tiny,” Vowles said in Mercedes’ Mexican Grand Prix debrief.
“We’ve got four races to go, 19 points in the Drivers’ and one point in the Constructors’ in our favour. That’s nothing. It’s a reset condition.
“We’ve outqualified Red Bull at a track where they were stronger. It just shows you that each team is on the edge and you have to get everything absolutely spot on in order to get the result that you need and there is plenty of opportunity.
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“The result of that is the positives that we can take out of it are that across the last few races even at tracks that perhaps don’t suit us as much we can be there or there about.”
The Briton goes on to say the team is focused on winning both championships more than ever.
“We are in this fight right until the end and I am sure we’ll be until Abu Dhabi until that chequered flag.
“The positives are that the team despite this punishing triple header are pulling together closer than I have ever seen before. The drivers are working together more than I’ve seen before as well.
“It’s a bonded team, a team that is here to do one goal which is to win both championships and that for me is a positive,” Vowles concluded.
