Mercedes has enjoyed an upward swing in recent races but Toto Wolff has warned that the team must remain cautious about the gap to Ferrari and Red Bull. F1
While the Briton was unable to hang on to the lead on Sunday, he and teammatestill delivered a second consecutive double podium for the Brackley team, with Russell following second-placed Hamilton home in third.
Showers on Saturday and Sunday morning caused a drop in temperatures and substantial change in track conditions, which ended up hurtingand benefitting Mercedes, which had been lost on Friday and needed to make wholesale set-up changes. “I think we need to be careful that it's not specific to Budapest that we just landed in the perfect window,” Wolff cautioned. “The other teams, Ferrari especially yesterday, complained about the tyre not being where it should have been.“You've seen that Leclerc on the right tyre is still a dominant force. But at least we were in the same race.”
“But would doesn't count in this sport, it wasn't the fact. I'm just sorry that we weren't able to be in that position.”
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