Toto Wolff has claimed that Mercedes nonetheless imagine they’ll beat Red Bull on pure tempo in 2023, regardless of the massive gulf between the 2 groups in Austria.
The Silver Arrows launched a serious improve bundle earlier this season in Monaco with the hope of closing the hole to Red Bull and fixing among the main flaws of the W14.
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The following 4 races have been a blended bag for the group, who confirmed little in Monaco and Austria however impressed in Spain and Canada.
Red Bull, in the meantime, stay dominant on the entrance of the sector with their 100 per cent race win file nonetheless intact for the 2023 season.
Despite the present hole between the 2 groups, Wolff was adamant that Mercedes haven’t misplaced hope of their bid to catch as much as Red Bull.
“I preserve the assumption,” Toto Wolff stated when requested whether or not Mercedes can beat Red Bull on tempo this season by Autosport.
“Because if I have been to say I do not preserve the assumption, then we might as nicely flip it off and put all the things into subsequent 12 months’s automotive, and be pleased to complete within the prime 10.
“But you possibly can’t. You simply must proceed working. We have to take these dangerous days nearly as good as doable and attempt to rebound and are available nearer.
“We’ve seen races the place we have been respectable, and I believe the hole to Verstappen was 10 seconds in Montreal, which appears way more encouraging than it was [in Austria].”
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