Wolff looks ahead: "We're on the same level as Red Bull"
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Toto Wolff is happy with the recovery of his Mercedes team in the Azerbaijan GP weekend. The qualifying went a lot better than the first and second free practice and that is more than satisfying for the German camp. Mercedes are confident of a good result on Sunday.
Mercedes solves problem
At least Mercedes did their homework properly, with Hamilton on the front row of the grid. So what exactly was the problem on Friday? "It's all interlinked it's not just one thing. It's about the aerobalance and deciding about the right about of downforce. Temperatures in the tyres and the balance. We debated it and we have a low downforce configuration and a higher one."
Bottas did not get further than a tenth place in qualifying. The Finn also drove with a different set-up, but according to Wolff, that was not the difference."Valtteri opted for the higher downforce configuration and Lewis opted for low downforce configuration but there is not a lot in it.
"The long runs were very good and I would say they were on the same pace as the Red Bulls so, I think we have a decent shot at a good result tomorrow." said the Austrian.