Mercedes have hope for Silverstone: 'There's an exciting update coming'

Mercedes have some catching up to do with Red Bull Racing in the championship. The team views Silverstone as an opportunity to gain ground, and has announced an 'exciting' update for the British Grand Prix.

Mercedes need a good result, and now seem to have pinned their hopes on that race weekend. Despite earlier denials from Toto Wolff, the team is bringing an update, which head engineer Andrew Shovlin describes as 'pretty exciting'.

"In Austria, the car didn't work particularly well, so it was difficult to get the balance right," Shovlin says in the Mercedes debrief on YouTube. "We're looking forward to Silverstone. There's a good update coming, so that's pretty exciting. Now we have a few days to regroup and get the cars right for the next race, but we're hopeful for a better weekend."

The German racing team has always been very strong at the Silverstone circuit. In the last eight years, the team has won the Grand Prix seven times, six of which were with Lewis Hamilton. The only one who managed to break through during that time was Sebastian Vettel, who won for Ferrari in 2018. Eventually it was Max Verstappen who ended Mercedes' run of victories when he won the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix in 2020.