The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was a tough weekend for Mercedes.
Younger phenom Kimi Antonelli started the week by internet hosting his classmates within the paddock, giving his fellow college students a have a look at what the 18-year-old does on the Formulation 1 grid. However the week ended with Antonelli retiring from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, as his W16 suffered a lack of throttle management on Lap 46.
Issues have been little higher for George Russell. Whereas he began third after a robust qualifying efficiency, that qualifying efficiency left Russell with only a used set of medium tires, the popular compound at Imola. When these tires started overheating early within the race, Russell was compelled to pit on Lap 11, forcing him right into a two-stop technique.
He took the checkered flag in P11.
Now the crew is hoping to bounce again with a robust efficiency within the Monaco Grand Prix.
“After a tricky race in Italy, we’ve got the chance to bounce again instantly in Monaco,” mentioned Toto Wolff within the crew’s media preview. “We are going to work exhausting, rapidly and effectively, to know what brought on our limitations in Imola. It is crucial we get on prime of that so we are able to keep away from any repeat performances sooner or later.”
Wolff pressured the significance of qualifying in Monaco, noting that Saturdays have been a energy of Mercedes this season.
”We all know that Monaco is a really totally different problem, nonetheless. Qualifying is completely important and that has been a energy of ours this 12 months,” added Wolff. “That’s encouraging however doesn’t imply something except we are able to do the job on observe. We now have seen how aggressive Saturdays have been this 12 months and that’s at all times extra intense in Monaco.”
The Mercedes boss additionally famous that the obligatory two-stop rule provides “one other dimension” to this 12 months’s Monaco Grand Prix.
”We should be at our greatest to provide ourselves the chance to struggle for a superb end result on Sunday. The obligatory two-stop within the Grand Prix can even add one other dimension to the race,” concluded Wolff.
“We’re excited for the problem and looking out ahead to getting again on observe.”
