Never mind their deficit to Red Bull, Mercedes trail both Ferrari and McLaren in the standings.
Although Toto Wolff concedes the W15 is a difficult car to set up, he reckons Mercedes ’ struggles have been compounded by McLaren and Ferrari’s steps forward.
It didn’t get much better in the race as he struggled for pace in the opening stint before a midrace Safety Car helped him secure a points-finish in ninth with Russell sixth on the day. “I think where the car is, where Lewis’s car was in the race, was certainly far away from the optimum and it is driving on a knife-edge.“For Miami we are bringing some new bits, and it will be interesting to see how they are going to perform there.”
“We’ve had two different set-ups this weekend, both of which produced very similar lap times and performance,” said Russell. “I think there is no silver bullet,” he explained. “We just need to keep on adding performance and focusing on the basics, which is in the wind tunnel and in the CFD: just adding downforce. Maybe sometimes it’s as simple as that.”
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