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Toto Wolff delivered a brutally honest assessment on what he described as being an “inexcusable” performance by Mercedes at the F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Mercedes had a difficult race and their worst performance of the 2023 season, with Lewis Hamilton finishing eighth and George Russell retiring. The team’s previous progress seemed to have been undone in this race. Hamilton finished over a minute behind the winner, Max Verstappen. Team Principal Toto Wolff expressed his disappointment and called it an “inexcusable performance.” He emphasized the need to develop a better car for next year and improve the performance on sprint race weekends. Mercedes struggled with straightline speed and extreme tire degradation, possibly due to a wrong setup.
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