Mercedes<\/a> reintroduced the latest version of a new rear suspension layout – which originally debuted at Imola before being dropped – in Montreal. Wolff insisted the change was not the \u201cmagic solution\u201d behind the team\u2019s dramatic form turnaround.<\/p>\n\u201cI think we brought the new rear geometry for that particular problem that we had, the rear [tyre] surface overheating, and we weren’t quite sure about the results in Imola, because they were worse than we expected, and then taking it off I think was the right thing to do \u2013 and bringing it on here, because hopefully the development direction is correct,\u201d Wolff explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn these kind of regulations, you never know whether you land development or whether you don’t; correlation has been difficult, particularly for us, but for many other teams, and putting it on here is… I think there are other factors at play here.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe track layout is just different, the asphalt is different, and there is never one magic solution that makes the car go from a, let’s say, best-case podium car to a dominant winner. But the more data sets we have, the more we learn.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wolff was quick to downplay suggestions that Mercedes could be the team to beat once more at the upcoming Austrian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’ve seen it last year that on some tracks, it wasn’t even close to who was second, but we dominated throughout the weekend, and that’s a little bit the pattern we have seen here,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n
“Austria is going to be a different ballgame, different track layout, different challenges, so all of our eyes and brains are concentrated on Austria now. This is done, tick the box.\u201d<\/p>\n
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