Mercedes F1 team representative Toto Wolg looks back on the 2022 F1 opening round Bahrain Grand Prix final.
In qualifying, the predicament of Mercedes F1 became a reality, and Lewis Hamilton was expected to start from the 5th grid and George Russell to start from the 9th grid.
However, although he was not competitive in the race, he had a clear advantage over the midfield team, and the two retirements of Red Bull just before the end resulted in Lewis Hamilton on the podium in 3rd place, George.・ Russell got 4th place and a lot of points.
“Today we did better than we expected, thanks to the Red Bull DNF, but 3rd and 4th are great results,” said Toto Wolff.
“We were at a level where we could fight at a pure pace before the tire degradation on soft tires. We couldn’t find where Leclerc was, but we were fighting others. The degradation was so big that we had to wear hard today. I tried to make a difference, but it was one second late per lap, so I learned a lesson. “
“I think I’ve put on too many wings today. The drag was too big, because I’m out of parts at the moment, but I hope I can improve that and move forward against the top two advantages. There “
“We really have to do everything on the PU side to look for all the performance improvements, but at today’s linear speeds the wing was a problem. At the moment we are 5th and 6th on the track, We’re trying to make a comeback, but that’s not something we can do in a day. We keep pushing. “
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