Toto Wolff frustrated by his drivers’ qualifying performances
Mercedes will start the last Grand Prix of the 2022 season from the third row. The Silver Arrows do not confirm Brazil's form.
A few days after the dream weekend in Brazil, the Mercedes team experiences a slight setback. At Interlagos, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton finished on the top two steps of the podium after starting from the first two positions on the grid.
In Abu Dhabi, the Mercedes cars showed a good pace during free practice, but ended up further down the grid in the qualifying session dominated by Max Verstappen. Both drivers finished fifth and sixth.
At the end of this session, Toto Wolff joked about the performances of the two Britons. “I just learned that today [November 19th] is World Toilet Day, so I think it was a day to flush down the toilet,” he joked on SkySports microphone.
We stepped back and they took a small step forward. We opted for a high downforce and high drag concept in order to have a good car for tomorrow’s race, and it was just very, very slow in the straight lines. It didn’t work out.
On the starting grid, the Mercedes will be preceded by Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc, Sergio Perez, and Max Verstappen.
