Mercedes Has To Beat Red Bull Before 2026 According To Team Principal Wolff

Wednesday, 15 November 2023 at 21:00

Mercedes F1 team principal Toto Wolff said his team is giving it all to break the Red Bull's winning cycle in the upcoming two seasons.

Red Bull's 2023 season has been one of the most dominant and impressive seasons that Formula One has seen in the last two decades.

While some expect this dominance to continue, others, like former F1 Champion Jensen Button, think the dominance we saw this season will not repeat in 2024.

All the remaining teams are doing what is in their power to catch up, and they have been closer to Red Bull towards the end of the season.

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Potential Red Bull's rivals for the 2024 season might be Ferrari, McLaren, Aston Martin, or Mercedes. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff told Bloomberg:

"We're giving it all to break a cycle. We had five years of dominance of Ferrari, then we had a short spell of Red Bull, then it was us eight times in a row."

The 2022 technical regulations ended Mercedes's eight years of dominance but started the era of Red Bull with Max Verstappen. Wolff said:

"Now it's the second Constructors' Championship for Red Bull or the third Drivers' Championship with a very good driver."

Mercedes team principal also recently said the bad race in Sao Paulo made it clear the team needs to and will change the car completely for the 2025 season.

While we don't know what to expect, Wolff says his team is giving it all. At the end of the day, there are not many teams that people would expect to rival Red Bull, but Mercedes is one of them.

The next big change in regulations will probably shuffle the order of the best teams. But Wolff does not want to wait two more seasons driving behind Red Bull. He concluded:

"We are giving it all we have back in the factory and at the racetrack. We're trying to come up with a car and an execution that is as good as it can be. We have a next cycle of regulatory engine 2026, but we have got to turn this around [before then]."