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After the Monaco Grand Prix FP1&2 Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff gave his first thoughts on how the team’s big upgrade package performed.
In Monaco, Mercedes finally introduced its big upgrade package for the W14, and although results in free practice were not spectacular, team boss Toto Wolff says so far everything looks good.
“It’s difficult with Monaco, really difficult to judge,” Wolff said.
“But at least we haven’t seen any behaviour of the car that would have been deemed as really negative.”
When asked if Lewis Hamilton and George Russell’s first impressions were positive, Toto said:
“I’ve never heard a driver saying in Monaco that feels good! I think it’s always on the knife’s edge.
“You’ve seen that with Sainz. And therefore not lots of great praise, but definitely going in the right direction.”
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The Austrian then praised Mercedes’ staff in Brackley for the huge work they did.
“You see the whole bodywork is different, front suspension, the floor is different. A mega job of everybody in Brackley to have delivered that.
“And now this is our new baseline and we have to work from here.”
As for the rest of the race weekend, Wolff said Red Bull still holds all the cards.
“Max was in his own class on the long run. I think we’re pretty close together on a single lap, at least today, but in the long run you see a car that has performance and has no degradation.
“They’ve done a good job,” he concluded.
