Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton’s hopes of winning more races this season have been boosted after Toto Wolff revealed the team’s exciting future plans.
After a difficult start to the 2024 campaign, Mercedes has steadily improved its competitiveness in recent races, culminating in Hamilton winning a ninth British GP on Sunday.
It was Hamilton’s first win since the 2021 Saudi GP and the 39-year-old broke a number of records in taking the win.
Despite the difficult weather conditions at Silverstone, the seven-time champion’s victory was not spontaneous as Hamilton and team-mate George Russell remained on the front row in Saturday’s qualifying, showing the true pace of the race. Silver arrows.
Mercedes misses out on first row in Silverstone qualifying
Toto Wolff confirms renewal of Mercedes plan Mercedes pushing favorable positions and victories it seems that it could be a regular occurrence going forward. Team principal Toto Wolff confirms the exciting news that new innovations are coming. “We find the performance, we put it in the car and it becomes a lap,” Wolff told Sky Sports. “It hasn’t been like this in the last two years.
“The performance is yet to come. We bring updates about Budapest and Spa.
Toto Wolff confirmed Mercedes updates for the Hungarian and Belgian GPs
“But on the other hand, we must not get carried away. We won [in Austria] by benefiting from their [Max Verstappen and Lando Norris] involvement, but [at Silverstone] we got a fair win. “We had real speed, you could see George and Lewis leading and in almost every situation we were there.” Despite their success at Silverstone, Mercedes are currently fourth in the manufacturers’ standings – 74 points behind third-placed McLaren.
Wolff, Hamilton and Russell hope that future updates will close the gap with McLaren and even Ferrari and Red Bull..