{"id":480891,"date":"2024-03-23T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=480891"},"modified":"2024-03-23T10:06:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T14:06:00","slug":"mercedes-chief-wolff-admits-no-hope-of-catching-red-bull","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/mercedes-chief-wolff-admits-no-hope-of-catching-red-bull\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes chief Wolff admits no hope of catching Red Bull"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes had their worst qualifying session of the campaign at the Australian GP today, leaving 7-time world champ Lewis Hamilton crushed and Toto shared he believes there is no hope of catching Red Bull soon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Toto Wolff has admitted it&#39;s likely &quot;an illusion to grow closer to Red Bull in the short term&quot; at Mercedes, but added: \u201cBut I still have to believe that there is more in this car.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#F1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AusGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AusGP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mercedes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Mercedes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X3hkWiPNEN\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/X3hkWiPNEN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PlanetF1 (@Planet_F1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Planet_F1\/status\/1771493584476295481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lewis was eliminated in Q2 and will start 11<sup>th<\/sup>, his worst result in Australia since 2010, while his teammate George Russell will start 7<sup>th<\/sup> at Albert Park as Mercedes\u2019 hopes of rebounding in Melbourne sustained a big hit.<\/p>\n<p>George\u2019s fastest lap in Q3 was a gaping 8<sup>th<\/sup> of a second shy of Red Bull driver Max Verstappen&#8217;s best, as the defending world champion took his 3<sup>rd<\/sup> pole of the campaign and his 4<sup>th<\/sup> straight.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton admitted there were a lot of problems with his car, while Toto gave even more details.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe we have a car that&#8217;s difficult, and it would be difficult for any pilot, no matter how skilled, to achieve optimal results,&#8221; 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