Former System 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya has warned that could have to rethink its improvement technique, arguing that the Brackley outfit should start delivering upgrades “faster” to keep away from falling behind within the mid-season improvement race.
Talking forward of the Austrian Grand Prix on F1 TV’s Weekend Heat-up present, the seven-time grand prix winner mentioned the Toto Wolff-led staff’s present method and the upgrades being launched by .
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“In some unspecified time in the future, Mercedes has bought to be taking a look at, ‘When will we begin bringing extra upgrades faster?’ I believe they have been comfy considering, ‘OK, we go to Canada, we deliver an improve,’ after which the subsequent one could be Silverstone or additional on. They have not actually stated when the subsequent one’s coming,” the Colombian defined.
“If they’re simply ready for large packages and everyone else is bringing little issues, it will make their life more durable. So the massive query is, is that sufficient? Are they going to shut that hole fully? And if in Barcelona everyone had gone for a three-stop, would Ferrari nonetheless have gained the race? I am not so certain. We do not know. We can’t know ever. However they bought it completed there.”
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
Mercedes has had an extremely sturdy begin to the 2026 season. After gained the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and the Chinese language dash race, his teenage team-mate Kimi Antonelli secured 5 consecutive grand prix wins in China, Japan, Miami, Canada and Monaco.
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Antonelli leads the drivers’ championship with 156 factors, having turn into the youngest driver to take action after his win in Japan. , who earned his first grand prix victory as a Ferrari driver on the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, sits second with 115 factors. Russell is presently third with 106 factors.
The Austrian Grand Prix will happen on the Purple Bull Ring on 28 June at 3pm native time (2pm UK time).
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