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Toto Wolff says he ‘maintains the belief’ that Mercedes can beat Red Bull on pure pace in 2023, and adds the team is bringing an upgrade to Silverstone.
After two successful races in Spain and Canada, Mercedes was again having troubles in terms of pace in Austria.
After the race, team boss Toto Wolff was asked if he still believes that Mercedes can beat Red Bull on pure pace in 2023:
“I maintain the belief because, if I were to say I don’t maintain the belief, then we may as well turn it off and put everything into next year’s car, and be happy to finish in the top 10,” the Austrian told Autosport.
“But you can’t. You just have to continue working. We need to take these bad days as good as possible, and try to rebound and come closer.
“We’ve seen races where we were decent, and I think the gap to Verstappen was 10 seconds in Montreal, which looks much more encouraging than it was [in Austria].”
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Toto added that Mercedes’ issues at the Austrian Grand Prix are no reason to panic.
“I think what we’re seeing is that the constant is Max [Verstappen] in front and then it is between his team-mate, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lando [Norris] with the upgrade and us.
“It seems to be changing from race-to-race, and there’s not quite a pattern that we can discover so far.
“What I hear is that Ferrari and McLaren had an upgrade [in Austria], and that could be one of the explanations.
“But we’re bringing one next week [this weekend’s British Grand Prix],” Wolff concluded.
