After the difficult first half of the Formula 1 season, George Russell Best qualifying result for Mercedes in qualifying With shock shaft in Hungaroring.
While the team doesn’t have a proper explanation for why things go so well on the tight and bumpy circuit, Wolff suspects that thinking outside the box using test and setup elements on each race weekend was crucial to unlocking something in W13.
He cited the example of a team running a new floor at the underrated British Grand Prix in the wind tunnel as a prime example of not doing things as they had in the past.
“This season, we’ve done unconventional things,” he explained. “I remember talking to a very smart aerodynamics lady and she said, ‘If you had told me last year that we put a car floor that we didn’t run in a wind tunnel, I would have said we would never do that. We did it and everyone was very proud of the results.
“It’s been the same every weekend, and more so on Friday and Saturday here. We’ve tried things out.”