Toto Wolff identifies Mercedes’ main weakness despite Lewis Hamilton pole at F1 Hungarian GP
Hamilton stunned 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen by beating the Redꦰ Bull driver to pole at the Hungaroring by just 0.003s with an extraordinary effort on his very last lap of qualifying.
It marked the seven-time world champion’s first pole since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, and only the second time Mer♊cedes have topped qualifying since the start of 2022.
“Clearly we have a package today that was competitive and Lewis 🥃just drov𒀰e an amazing lap and put it on pole. I think that’s something we can be really proud of,” Wolff said after qualifying.
“The bigge🍎st weakness we have in the car is not a lack of downforce, it is that the car is unpredictabl𒀰e.
“The drivers never have the confidence to really push it hard in qualifying and I think the car 💧they had today was something that gave confidence and allowed them to push without thinking that it could step out on the entrance or exit of the corner.
“I think this is the mainಞ area we need to work on, giving them a car balance that is more predictable.”
Wolff described the fluctuating performance with the new ge🐼neration of F1 cars as an “enigma”, citing Alfa Romeo’s surprising qualifying showing as the latest proof of dramatic swings in the pecking order.
“I think there is a certainly a part of these ground effect cars that is an enigma. Performances seem to come an🦂d ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚgo for all the teams,” he explained.
“Congratulations to Alfa, they ওare fifth and seventh on the grid today and I don’t think the🅠y understand where that came from.
“So Red Bull seems the🌊 only one that has really unlocked it and understand what happened, and maybe McLaren now. But this is🌄 not something that you can reverse engineer.
“This is something that you have got to work at to come to the right conclusions. That has been the characteristic of the ca💙r: the 🗹loose rear end and the lack of confidence.”
Asked if Mercedes cꦰan replicate Saturday’s performance at other circuits, Wolff replied: “I think this needs better understanding.
“We have been able to pull out a great perfor🎉mance today with o꧙ne car and maybe the second car would have been there, who knows.
“But you don’t praise the day before the evening, and I think we need to consolidate that and th🦄at’s the tricky bit.”
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