Mercedes: Mexico doesn’t suit our race car

The duty is done, now for Mercedes Benz followed by a magazine any program. In the race v Suzuki the silver arrows are already four races before the end provided both titles - for racers it is only "open“Whether he will win the title Lewis Hamilton ali Valtteri Bottas. But Toto wolff, the head of the Mercedes team assures that they will not be in the last four races of this season simply leaned back and waited for it to pass. “As a team, we don't take future successes for granted, which is why we started preparing for the next race soon after the race in Japan,”So Austrian.

Toto Wolff, head of the Mercedes team, emphasizes that the track in Mexico does not lie in their car and that this will be the most difficult test for them in the remaining four races of the season - Photo: Hasan Bratić

"We are aware that the last four races will not be easy and we expect Mexico to be the most difficult of these for us,”So Wolff. Statistics in fact, it doesn’t speak exactly in favor of silver arrows. Otherwise they got it the first two races after the return of Mexico on the Formula 1 calendar - in years 2015 in 2016 -, but the last two (2017 and 2018) he got Max Verstappen in Red Bull. “The altitude of the trail puts us in front of certain unusual challenges. Lower air density affects vacuum, cooling and engine performance. This combination does not suit our race car, but we will do our best to limit the damage.“But Mercedes W10 race car can't show his power in Mexico?  

Of course, that doesn’t mean the silver arrows on the track of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack will have to be hidden behind a fence.

Mercedes Benz he already had this season major cooling problems. They could not in Austria fight for victorybecause their W10 is not good tolerated heat. She followed later improvement and since then the silver arrows have no more trouble in this area. Meanwhile, victories also returned, for Ferraries is s three consecutive victories significantly better started the second part of the season, but on last two races he rejoiced in the victory again Mercedes Benz. "We look forward to the fight and the fantastic Mexican spectators showing their love of racing. This makes racing weekends a real motorsport holiday,He says Wolff.

Lewis Hamilton can already win his sixth Formula 1 title in Mexico. Maybe an amulet specially made for the current world champion will help him in this - Photo: Hasan Bratić

In addition, a race for the championship title between Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas could also be decided at a race in Mexico. The Briton has a 64-point advantage over his Finnish team-mate at the time. If he wins at least 14 points more than Bottas in Sunday's race for the Mexican Grand Prix, Hamilton will also be crowned the Formula 1 world champion on Sunday, for the sixth time.  

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