The longest Mercedes have gone from the start of a season without winning in the turbo-hybrid era is 3 races in 2018. However, this year, they are on a 12-race winless streak. They brought major updates last week and had hoped for a resurgence, but the French GP showed that they still hold a sizeable performance deficit to Ferrari and Red Bull Link to poll: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxvKDRdqEQpbml9utsNdnfS40sUhFk5QKJ 0:00 - Toto Wolff Seemingly Admits Defeat For Mercedes 1:30 - Fast Feed I'm your host Dillon Shelley and first up on Formula World: Toto Wolff Seemingly Admits Defeat For Mercedes Wolff, while speaking to AFP explained that they had always anticipated their current position after dominating the sport for so many years “We had eight years of great success, we pushed the limits like never before in any sport, winning the world championship eight times in a row” “But we were always prepared that one day, we would find ourself facing difficulties, and now we are in this situation” He then spoke about their chances of winning this year “Winning this year? Before Paul Ricard, I would have said yes. Now, we wonder why we are one second behind Max Verstappen, 6/10ths behind Ferrari, it’s too huge to be able to dream of winning races” He then explained why “In Formula 1, the clock never lies and today it says that we are not fast. It’s like that” “We screwed up mechanically, we screwed up aerodynamically, it’s never only one thing” He signed off by revealing who deserves to win the championship “It’s over in the title for us. It would be good for the sport if [Charles] Leclerc could continue to fight for the championship until the end” “Charles is an exceptional driver, a great personality, he deserves to win. I don’t know if it helps him, but if I could choose it would be him” Fast Feed Williams driver Alex Albon is “just concentrating on this season and we’ll see what happens in the future” [Motorsport Total] “There are always talks, but it’s no secret that the spots at Red Bull and AlphaTauri are closed” “Even though the Williams is a little strange to drive at times, I think I have managed to get the hang of it” McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo stated “give me a winning car, and I’ll win” [Sky Sports] “I don’t feel I’ve ever left a win on the table” “But that’s the challenge that lies ahead of us, with myself and with the team at McLaren” Red Bull team principal Christian Horner jokingly pointed out that he had “heard that Toto [Wolff] had said they would work on improving the car during the summer break” [Auto Motor und Sport] “That would be illegal of course” Retired world champion Nico Rosberg suggested “that Ferrari seem to have the better car at the moment” [Sky Sports] “That can give us hope that Leclerc can still stage a comeback in the championship in the remaining races” “It’s still to play for” Will Daniel Ricciardo win an F1 race again?