Toto Wolff: The balance of power has changed
After four stages of the season, Mercedes confidently leads the Constructors' Championship – the advantage over the nearest rivals from Ferrari and McLaren is 70 and 86 points, respectively. However, team principal Toto Wolff fears that competitors will quickly close the gap.
Toto Wolff: "The balance of power has changed. We maintain our lead, but McLaren has made a big step forward. The qualifying pace of Red Bull is simply amazing, but I suspect their strategy let them down. So in that regard, it hasn't been easy for us.
We need to continue working on the development of the car, as this season the 'race of updates' is particularly important. Let's see how our new developments perform in Montreal.
On Friday in Miami, we made our lives harder by experimenting with energy management setup options. But we realized we needed to return to something more traditional. At that time, we were losing three to four tenths to McLaren in the first sector. We fixed that, and the speeds increased."
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Toto Wolff: The balance of power has changed
After four stages of the season, Mercedes confidently leads the Constructors' Cup – the advantage over the closest pursuers from Ferrari and McLaren is 70 and 86 points, respectively. However, team principal Toto Wolff fears that the competitors will quickly begin to close the gap.