Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff is hopeful his team ꦯare able to “unlock” the flashes of performance they’ve shown in recent weeks more “consistently” ahead of this weeken𝔍d’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

After winning three of the pre♑vious four races ahead of the summer break, Mercedes were not in contention right at the front at either Zandvღoort or Monza.

Mercedes struggled with the handling of the W15 at the Dutch Grand Prix, citing that they were unsur✤e if their new floor upgrade was working as 🃏expected.

While 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell qualified t꧅hird at the Italian Grand Prix, a poor start combined with a la𝓡ck of race pace relative to Ferrari and McLaren meant for a lacklustre weekend overall.

Looking🎃 ahead to Baku th☂is weekend, Wolff remains optimistic Mercedes can make the necessary improvements.

“We hꦑead to Baku aiming for a better performance than we showed in Zandvoort ꦦand Monza,” Wolff said. “Both were difficult races for us. Our relative pace was not as strong as it was prior to the summer break and several of our competitors took a step forward.

“We showed good pace at moments across both weekends but werꦉe unable to unlock this consistently.

“We have spent the time since then analysing why this was. We have the opportunity to show we h🌃ave done the necessary learning and made improvements both for this weekend in Azerbaijan and the following week in Singapore.”

Mercedes sit fourth in the🌠 constructors’ championship with eight rounds to go.

T🌠hey trail Ferrari by 115 points, meaning Mercedes are likely on course for their worst constructors’ finish since 2012.

Looking ahead to the remainder of the campaign, Wolff said: “Both ar꧒e challenging street circuꦐits. They are bumpy, have many low-speed and 90 degree corners, but also feature plenty of high-speed sections.

“They pose a very different test to the ones we faced in the Netherlands and Italy. The traditional European portion of the season is now behind us. We have eight flyaway races before the chequered flag falls in Abu Dhabi. We are focused ꦕon ending the season as strongly as possible. 

“There is plenty of racing left and we will be fighting for every𝓰 point possible, starting this weekend in Baku.”