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“One DNF and the Gap is Gone”- Toto Wolff Not Complacent With Mercedes F1’s Early Advantage

Published 07/24/2020, 4:09 AM EDT

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The Mercedes AMG-Petronas Formula One team has solidified their position at the top tier of the Formula One world. The constructors have been dominating the Championship since 2014. They have clinched the last six Constructors’ Titles along with the Drivers’ Championship.

They have again managed to take a tremendous lead after the first three races of the 2020 season. Mercedes successfully dominated at the top spot on the podium in all three races, with Valtteri Bottas winning the season opener and Lewis Hamilton bagging the last two.

However, Mercedes Team Principal, Toto Wolff, does not have a lot of faith in the lead that the Brackley-based outfit have managed to cement.

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“One DNF and the Gap is gone,” says Toto Wolff

Three races down, Mercedes is passing every other constructor on the paddock rather comfortably. The Silver Arrows are eyeing for their seventh consecutive Championship win in Formula One.

However, the Team Principal takes every scenario into consideration before showing any confidence. F1 has seen many one-horse races changing hands at the last moment.

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The Austrian Boss was quoted saying, “I’m not sure I’m seeing the competition fall apart. Because you can see that Red Bull was struggling all through the weekend and then they had a pretty decent race car, a car that didn’t look like it could start and the mechanics did a really awesome job on the car there.”

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Talking about the gaps, Toto reflected by saying, “The gaps are nothing. If you look at the driver points’ standing, it’s 30 points that after three races we have with Lewis to Max.

“So you have one DNF and all the gap is gone, so we just need to keep going. We mustn’t be carried away with thinking we are the greatest because then you start quickly losing.”

“The team has solved the problems that we had in Spielberg 1. We need to be happy with how it panned out so far. But the gaps are never big enough in order to get comfortable, and we need to continue to work.

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“There are another three races that will be very important and hopefully good ones for us, but I’m relieved once it’s done – and we haven’t even done 20% of the championship yet, so we have to continue to push.”

SOURCE- Formula1.com

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