Toto Wolff: We don't understand what's going on.
Last year, the Mercedes cars were fast in cool weather, but they were behind in the Bahrain tests. Team leader Toto Wolff admitted that he was puzzled by the results.…
Toto Wolff: "To be honest, I'm a little worried, because in such conditions we should be much faster than the others, like last year in Las Vegas, but this is not the case. Either we fixed the problem and the car became more balanced in different climatic conditions, or not.
You know, sometimes there are intersections where you turn in the wrong direction. We tried some ideas yesterday and it didn't work. So far, everything is not so good.
There is a feeling that the Mercedes W16 is slightly better than last year's car, but we do not know how much fuel is in the tanks of the rivals, and we cannot judge the speed. Yesterday Norris was like on another planet, today Lewis and Sainz had a great time. We don't understand what's going on. Such conditions are completely unrepresentative."
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