George Russell says Mercedes is definitely “closing that gap” in 2022, and will “probably fight for victories”, but they probably won’t be “outright quickest”.
Jolyon Palmer says Lewis Hamilton had “race-winning pace” at the Hungarian GP, and predicts Mercedes will get its first win of 2022 “in the next handful of races”.
Mercedes is “trying to bring some performance to Spa that will hopefully close that gap”, and adds the team wants “to be winning races in the near future”.