Nevertheless, you don’t want to give the season away for free. A race win and second place in the Constructors’ Championship are the goals that the long-term winners of the past are aiming for before the Singapore GP.
Mercedes wants to overtake Ferrari by the end of the season
The Brackley-based team is just 35 points behind Ferrari.
Elliott almost apologizes when he speaks of an attack on the Scuderia and Red Bull again in the future: “It’s not meant to be disrespectful to our opponents, but that’s what we really have to do. We want to be there again [und] we want to fight for championships – because that’s what it’s all about for us.”
Speaking for Mercedes: Despite the problems in the first third of the season, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton have taken 13 podium places together. Most recently, Russell was back on the podium in third place in Italy.
“We’ve had some good races and some not so good races,” concludes the Chief Technology Officer, “but I think what’s really encouraging is the understanding that comes from the simulation and wind tunnel work that we’re doing. This allows us to find out why our performance is going up and down, what we need to do to get back up there and what we need to do over the winter.”
Will Toto Wolff’s squad still win in 2022?
Elliott: “I think Singapore will be a bit more like Budapest and Zandvoort. It’s a bumpy track that will present us with challenges, but the type of corners will be a bit better for our car.”
Curious: Singapore was always the car’s Achilles’ heel in the Silver Arrows’ era of permanent winners. So now the Marina Bay Circuit should bring another sense of achievement.
