Toto Wolff has revealed Mercedes were “very close” to breaching F1’s cost cap following a crash-strewn end to the 202🌼4 season.

Three major crashes during the back end of the 2024 season put a straꦛin on Mercedes due to a lack of spare parts.

Kimi Antonelli’s crash at Monza and two 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell crashes later in the se💟ason put Mercedes in a predic♛ament.

Russell was forced to run a ‘Miami-spec’ floor in Mexico following his crash in Friday practi🌠ce.

Not only did it impact Mercedes’ on-track performa൩nce, but it also left them 💙in a difficult financial position.

Wolff confirmed that 𝓀it had significant implications for their financial spending for the year.

“Very close. You can’t build up a big🌊 egg nest,” Wolff told AMuS. “It’s more the case thඣat you overshoot at the beginning of the year and then start to save.

“At the end of the year, we had to do without some upgrಌades in aerodynamics a🥂nd mechanics because there was simply no money left to produce the corresponding parts.

“The accidents at the end of the season really get you into trouble. Kimi [Antonelli] in Monza,𝔉 George [Russell] in Austin and Mexico. At one point we only had one set of a certain type of win🐓g.

“In Mexico we couldn’t go back to th🍒e old aero specification because there were no spares available. There was no money left within the cost limit for new ones.”

A new chapter for Mercedes in 2025

Mercedes go into 2025 wit🍃hout Le𝓰wis Hamilton in one of their cars.

Instead, 18-year-old wonderkid 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Andrea Kimi Antonelli will make his F1 debut for the team a𓆉longside Russell.

Mercedes have struggled to get to ▨grips with F1’s current r༒egulations in the ‘ground effect era’.

While Mercede꧅s took four wins last year, they were miles off the pace compared to the top three in the standings.

Mercedes have lacked consistency, often left scratching their heads amid their varied✨ performance levels.