By Daily Sports on September 27, 2018

Mercedes say they take “no comfort” from Lewis Hamilton’s 40-point lead over title rival Sebastian Vettel heading into the Russian Grand Prix.

Hamilton has won three of the past four races while a string of mishaps have left Ferrari and Vettel trailing with six races and 150 points remaining.

“It is better to have a lead than not, but there are plenty of points to score,” said Mercedes boss Toto Wolff.

“There is no naive optimism about our situation with the team.”

Wolff said Mercedes were “excited for the fight we will certainly have in the next six races” and insisted they would “continue to concentrate on every single session, trying to optimise the car in every possible area – and we will go for the race win”.

And he played down the importance of the fact that Mercedes have won all four races so far held on the Sochi Autodrom around the Black Sea resort’s Olympic Park.

“We have a good track record in Sochi but we know that Ferrari and Red Bull will give it everything to break our winning streak, so we must fight as hard as ever to make are we bring home as many points as possible.”

The Russian race has been moved back to its original autumn slot, after two events held in the spring.

“With the race being held in September, we’re going back to weather conditions that will be similar to those of 2014 and 2015, when the Russian Grand Prix took place in early October,” Wolff said. “We don’t have any data from the current regulation cars in those conditions in Sochi, so this adds another challenge to the race.”

•Adapted from a BBC report. Photo shows Mercedes Boss, Toto Wolff

Source Daily Sports

Posted September 27, 2018

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