Marko Hanželic
The team from Brackley is still looking for top form last season, but after the end of the qualifiers they were satisfied with what was achieved, as they Lewis Hamilton in George Russell took fifth and sixth place, respectively. Toto Wolff said after the end of qualifying for Sky Sports. “Today we have achieved more than we are worth. We have problems with the weight of race cars, but at the same time we do not yet understand them best. Our goal was Q3, but we exceeded it. ”
In fact, the third starting lineup is for Mercedes anything but self-evident. If you would Carlos Sainz drove without error in the last sector and Fernando Alonso if the gearbox hadn't hit, both silver race cars would have been even lower in the starting lineup. "Even if we consider Sainz and Alonso, we are still in the top 10. We have to be happy with that, even though we all want to be taller," he added Wolff.
They also agree with their boss George Russell in Lewis Hamilton. The seven-time world champion said after the qualifiers: “To be honest, we were not good today, but we took advantage of some competitors. I’m grateful for fifth place, which I wouldn’t have otherwise. In fact, we have not made the progress we had hoped for since the second race. ”
