Wolff on Mercedes prioritising performance over reliability
Toto Wolff says Mercedes would rather accept “reliability gremlins” than be down on performance, after a series of issues this season that have ended races early for both George Russell and Kimi Antonelli. Toto Wolff said: "I think we are such a performance organisation on the chassis and engine side; we want to squeeze everything out. I'd rather dial back a little bit on something that is really good, and fix some of the reliability gremlins rather than running behind performance. So far we've won seven races out of nine, and I'd rather have this than slow and reliable."
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Wolff on Mercedes balancing engine performance and reliability
Toto Wolff says Mercedes would rather have a competitive engine with “reliability gremlins” that can be dialled back while the team works on a fix, after reliability issues caused George Russell and Kimi Antonelli to retire in Canada and Barcelona respectively. Wolff said: "I think we are such a performance organisation on the chassis and engine side, we want to squeeze everything out. But I'd rather dial back, a little bit, something that is really good, and fix some of the reliability gremlins, rather than running behind on performance. So far, we've won seven races out of nine. And I'd rather have this than slow and unreliable."
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Shovlin on Mercedes' regular update approach
Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin says the team has stayed competitive at the front by bringing small, regular performance updates rather than a single large upgrade package. Shovlin said: "We're bringing performance to it. We haven't done a massive kit like some of our competitors. But every week, we're trying to bring performance to just keep ourselves ahead at the moment. We're lucky that we've got a car that works across a whole range of tracks. Well, probably not lucky. I think we've done a good job at engineering a car that works across a full range of tracks."
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