Mercedes has lagged behind its F1 rivals Ferrari and Red Bull at the opening two rounds of the 2022 season a🧸s it continues to try and address the porpoising problem it is facing with its W13 challenger. 

The reigning world champions are set to introduce an all-new rear wing and potential floor changes as the first major car update of the season i♒n Melbourne as part of the team’s bid to improve its competitiveness. 

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However, team principal Wolff expects Mercedes will still be p꧟laying catch up when F1 return🐲s to a modified Albert Park for the first time in two years.

“We are in a learning race and the first two weekends have shown we still have plenty to learn,” Wol✨♉ff said. 

“At the moment, our track performance is not meeting our own expectatio🍌ns, but everyone 🐠at Brackley and Brixworth is focused on understanding the problems and finding the right solutions. 

“There won't be a magic fix for the next race weekend, but we're pushing to steadily bring gains over the up-coming 🦹races, to hopefully move us closer to the front of the pack.” 

Wolff revealed that Lewis Hamilton and teammate George Russell have been a dri🐻ving force of the team’s behind-the-scenes push back at its factory as the German manufacturer looks to turn its season around. 

“Until then, we need to maximise each opportunity and make the most of the p🦄ackage we have🐟,” he added. 

“So, there are vaꦰrious challenges ahead of us, but that's something we relish and is when a team really shows its true ☂spirit. 

“Lewis a♕nd George are making an important contribution to the overall effort, providing feedback, spending time in the simula൩tor and working together to help push us forward.” 

Mercedes form ‘totally unacceptable’ 

Hamilton suffered one of his worst qualifying performances in terms of pure pace last time out in Saudi Arabia as he suf🤪fered a shock Q1 eliminatio🦂n, before recovering to finish 10th in the race. 

Russell fared better in Jeddah, qualifying s🔯ixth before finishing a distant fifth in🎶 the race. 

Hamilton was able to claim a podium finish in Bahrain in third place, but only after both Red Bull cars were🦋 fo🦩rced to retire from the season-opener with late engine problems. 

Wolff described Mercedes current performance as “totally unacceptable” after its disappointing showing 🐽in Saudi Arabia. 

“I love competition and I've always loved comp🎃etition,” Wolff said in Jeddah. “We had a really strong run of eight years where we were leading the pack, not always, but we kind of managed our way into the lead.

“This time, for me, feels a little bit like 2013, wh🍃ere we just weren't up to the speed with the Red Bull and probably also not with the Ferraris, but we kept fighting and this is how I feel at the moment.

“We need to fight. It's certainly totally unacceptable where we are on performance. We're third on the road, and someti🤡mes not even like today. So it's just not an option to stay where we are.”

Russell currently heads Hamilton by six points as the Mercedes pai༒r sit fourth and fifth in the dr🀅ivers’ championship. 

Meanwhile, Mercedes occupy second spꦚot in the constructors’ standings, 40 points adrift of early leaders Ferrari and just one p𝔉oint clear of Red Bull.