🗣️ 'On paper Mexico looks good. Our draggy car should be effective.' Toto Wolff hopes Mexico’s high altitude conditions can allow Mercedes to give Red Bull 'a run for their money' ⬇️ MexicoGP
One of the biggest issues for Hamilton in the lead fight against Verstappen was his top speed deficit to the Red Bull, which has enjoyed a straight-line advantage over the field through much of the season.
But with the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez sitting 2.2km above sea level, the high altitude conditions and thinner air mean teams struggling with draggy cars will be at less of a disadvantage this weekend in Mexico, with everyone running high downforce packages. Asked about Mercedes’ chances in Mexico, team principal Wolff said he would “need to bite his tongue” and avoid making any bold predictions, but that the conditions should aid Hamilton and team-mate“Sometimes this year I’ve said we should be good at a particular track, and we didn’t [perform] and then the other way around,” Wolff said after Sunday’s race at the Circuit of The Americas.“It is good that it is coming next week so I hope we can give them a run for their money.
Mercedes has only scored one win in Mexico in the last five years, courtesy of Hamilton in 2019. The track has typically favoured Red Bull more given its previous high downforce strength, with Verstappen winning in 2017, 2018 and 2021.