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Good to see Bottas is enjoying his events and life in reserve with Mercedes. If they need a safe pair of hands at Mercedes during the season he is a good choice. He appears to have a fun life on-going!

https://f1i.com/news/529839-bottas-set-for-mercedes-outing-at-adelaide-motorsport-festival.html

 

I wonder if Toto Wolff was the high bidder?

 

It is good to see him back at Mercedes but he has been told by Mercedes that he can no longer make nude calendars.

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LH picked a good time to move on. Not sensing much to expect from Mercedes. They have not mastered this generation consistently at all. Of course they could surprise a bit.

--Toto Wolff says he would “rather not talk too much” about Mercedes’ chances heading into the 2025 F1 season.

Mercedes are hoping to mount a more consistent challenge in 2025 after a frustrating campaign last year.

Although the Silver Arrows won four races, the team were left puzzled by inconsistent performance swings with their W15 challenger and finished fourth in the constructors’ championship.

Now in the post-Lewis Hamilton era with George Russell joined by exciting teenage talent Andrea Kimi Antonelli, team principal Wolff is keen to avoid talking up Mercedes too much.

Instead, Wolff would like to wait and see how the team’s W16 car performs in pre-season testing in Bahrain at the end of this month.

“These cars are so complicated to hit the sweet spot, that we’ve only done it on a few occasions,” Wolff is quoted as saying by RacingNews365.

“We were ultra-dominant in Las Vegas [where it finished 1-2], and then at other tracks, we were unable to contest for a podium.

“So I’d rather not talk too much and see how we can perform in the tests and see whether we have solved some of those balance issues, get on top of the tyres and then we shall see.”

Wolff has already admitted Mercedes won’t totally “get rid” of their performance fluctuations during the upcoming season.--

 

Was Alonso offered this warning at Mclaren when LH arrived?? If Antonelli is faster he wont be moving over for Russell lol!

--Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff says he expects Andrea Kimi Antonelli to match George Russell for pace during his rookie season, but insists the Italian's goal is get acclimatised ahead of 2026.