Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is eyeing up Ferrari's P2 spot in the standings for his Silver Arrows. F1
Toto Wolff: ‘All to play for’ in Mercedes-Ferrari fight for P2Mercedes’ Toto Wolff believes his team can push Ferrari hard for the runner-up spot in this year’s Constructors’ Championship.
While Ferrari got their season off to a very strong start, their mid-season slump has coincided with Mercedes surging forwards – meaning the gap between the two outfitsHaving got Monza out of the way, a track at which Mercedes didn’t expect to shine, Wolff is hopeful that Mercedes can close the gap further in the final races in order to ramp up the pressure on the Scuderia.close in on the titles, Wolff says the aim is to topple Ferrari for second place.
“Maybe a bit, but there [are] more blows that we are ending up 30 seconds behind the leader,” he said, “and that is the gap that we need to catch up.Having taken, Wolff said that he believed that to be the “maximum result” the car was capable of, given their straight-line weakness, but attention now turns to a track at which the W13 could be a much more fearsome competitor.
“More so than we’ve seen here, there’s no doubt about it,” he said, when asked whether Mercedes will be more competitive next time out.
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