Wolff remains cautious after first podium: 'Stopwatch will tell'

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Wolff remains cautious after first podium I'm always worried Canadian GP
10 June at 09:20
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  • Kada Sarkozi
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Thanks to George Russell, Mercedes achieved their first podium and pole position in 2024 at the Canadian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton finished in P4, closely behind. After a positive weekend for the German team, Toto Wolff chose to remain more cautious.

"I am always a bit worried when you're being carried away that everything seems to be now falling into place because this is a difficult sport, and we've had this positive trajectory now since the last three races, and everything seems to be making much more sense," Wolff told GPblog and others. The Austrian team principal wanted to remain objective following the Canadian GP: "So the stopwatch will tell us," he added.

Wolff still encouraged by a positive trend

However, Wolff also says that this result is the outcome of Mercedes' continuous work in the factory and was more positive. "Sometimes when you bring a highly visible part like a bodywork or a front wing, that is pretty much the talk of what has changed the performance. The truth is we have, over the last three races, brought so many new parts, visible and invisible to the eye that has contributed milliseconds to more performance. I think this is where those marginal gains then have that positive effect. That was just a huge effort of the factory, so I think the wheel has started to get some real motion now."

Wolff added: "I think definitely since Imola we've taken the right steps and put parts on the car that we are working, and that is something that we were struggling with in the past couple of years. Now, directionally, we seem to be adding performance every weekend. We have new stuff coming also, new parts coming in Barcelona, that should help, so I would very much hope that we can continue this positive trajectory."