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Wolff expected more from Mercedes in Australia: "Not doing enough"
"[The W16], it's not doing enough at the moment. But, you can see at least it's become more predictable and we understand the car better,"
"We have the car's balance now, which the previous one didn't have. And from there on, it's pretty clear what we have to do to extract more performance. On a single lap, we look solid, and I think that the gap is much closer, and on the long runs or race performances too. We just need to understand that,"
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- Wolff compares pace to McLaren: 'Something which we need to understand'
"P3 and P5, that's the result," Wolff told the media after the race. "If you look at the real pace today, pace result would be P4, P5. And I think it's a solid first weekend. But looking at it always from the glass half-empty side, you have to say that the pace of the McLaren is just very strong."
"Something which we need to understand, the way they are able to manage the tyres and extract performance from these is, yeah, we just need to get better. If we want to fight for on merit for race victories and for a championship, there is definitely something which we need to find."
According to Wolff, the McLaren drivers can get their tyres in the right window much faster and much better than the Mercedes drivers are able as his drivers' tyres suffer much more from overheating and therefore lose grip much faster. This makes it incredibly difficult for the team to fight at the same pace with the top of the field. In addition, Wolff shared how he also sees a big rival in Red Bull Racing.
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