Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has defended his job and feels no reason to step aside despite his team’s prolonged F1 struggles.

After claiming eight consecutive constructors’ world championships be🌼tween 2014 and 2021, Mercedes have won just a single race in the last two seasons since new technical regulations were introduced in 2022.

Mercedes’ W13 and W14 challengers were plagued by perform꧙ance problems and despite revamping their car design with their latest W15, 2024 is already looking like being another challenging campaign foᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚr the Silver Arrows.

The German manu♍facturer entered the new season hoping to challenge Re🐟d Bull for wins and podiums but have finished no higher than fifth in the opening three races.

Mꩵercedes sunk to new depths at the Australian Grand Prix during a nightmare weekend that culminated in a double✃ DNF.

After the Melbourne race, Wolff, who in January signed a new three-year contract to remain Mercedes team principal, faced questions abo🌜ut his future.

“As a co-owner of this business, I need to make sure that my contri♛bution is positive and creative,” the Austrian replied when asked if he had considered relinquishing his position.

“So, I would be💜 the first one to say, 'If somebody has a better idea, tell me’. I'm interested to turn this team around as quickly as possible.

“I'll happily give my input and see what that would be, who that could be. But we have a physics problem and not a philosophical or organisational problem, because we haven't swallowed a dumb pill since 202𒈔1.

“It's just we don't understand some of the behaviours of the car that in the past ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚwe would have always understood.

"I look myself in the mirror every single day about everything I do, and if I beliཧeve that I should ask the manager question or the trainer question, I think it's a fair question, but it's not what I feel at the moment that I should do.”

Wo♍lff, who owns a 33% stake in Mercedes, stressed his situatio꧙n is very different to that of the manager of a football team.

"The big difference is iไt's not like the manager question in terms of, this is my job, I'll stop the job and then somebody else is doing the job and I'll go to Chelsea or to Liverpool, or over to Ferrari,” he explained.

"I haven't got that choice, which is also unfortuna💎te. I'm not a contractor or employee that says, 'I've had enough of this'. My hamster wheel keeps spinning and I can't jump out."