24/08/2025 09:15
Toto Wolff has revealed that Mercedes' failed Imola upgrade will
"end in a bin somewhere" as he confirmed the plan for the team
going forward. Mercedes started the season strongly, with George
Russell taking four podiums from the first six races, before a new
rear suspension design was introduced at Imola. The performance of
the W16 fell away afterwards, with the exception of Canada, where
Russell won and Kimi Antonelli was third, but the team remains in
third place in the constructors'. One problem for the team is that
it cannot develop the current car as a team normally would, owing
to the huge regulation changes coming in for 2026, with Wolff
confirming that Brackley's full attention was now on 2026, as he
gave an update on the fate of the troubled upgrade. "No, there are
[more] no upgrades [coming]," Wolff told media, including
RacingNews365. "I think everything is completely focused and
concentrated on next year, and we know that we have a more stable
platform, which is going to give us some goodness. "Let's see how
we can optimise tracks and engineering in terms of finding the
right set-up and be as competitive as we can." As for the fate of
the rear suspension introduced at Imola, Wolff simply added that it
would "be ending in a bin somewhere."
