Neither Russell nor Antonelli could build on their performances in the Great White North, as Mercedes struggled across the Grands Prix in Austria, Britain and Belgium. But after finishing fifth at the Red Bull Ring and Spa plus P10 at Silverstone, Russell got P3 in the Hungarian GP<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ferrari star Charles Leclerc\u2019s likely skid plank wear issues in the Hungarian GP<\/a> helped to see Russell return to the rostrum. But Antonelli could only finish P10 at the Hungaroring after he qualified P15, for the 18-year-old\u2019s second points-paying result in the last eight Grands Prix.<\/p>\n Another reason behind Russell\u2019s rostrum in Budapest was that Mercedes removed their rear suspension upgrade at the Hungarian GP<\/a>. Their update debuted at Imola and then revived in Montreal caused instability issues, which saw the Briton and Antonelli lose their confidence.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Mercedes driver George Russell\u2019s life outside F1 from net worth to height<\/a><\/p>\n Position Constructors’ Standings PointsPts 1 559 2 260 3 236 4 194 <\/p>\n Mercedes will not bring their failed rear suspension upgrade back<\/a>, with team principal Wolff<\/a> now suggesting that it will end up \u201cin a bin\u201d. The Silver Arrows chief also admits the update\u2019s failure has shown that his Brackley bunch are yet to fix their long-term correlation problems.<\/p>\n Wolff explained to The Race<\/a>: \u201cUpgrades are here to bring performance, and there\u2019s a lot of simulation and analysis that goes into putting parts on the car.<\/p>\n \u201cThen they\u2019re just utterly wrong, and you need to go back to the analogue world and put it on the car and see what it does, and it doesn\u2019t do what it should do.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s the tricky bit for everyone in Formula 1. How do you bring correlation from what the digital world tells you into the real world? That has been a feature [of Mercedes\u2019 problems], and this is the last example of how it tripped us over.\u201d<\/p>\n Andrea Kimi Antonelli got his confidence in Mercedes\u2019 W16 back without the update Gary Anderson thought Mercedes\u2019 Canadian GP rear suspension upgrade was a \u2018win-win\u2019<\/a> as it helped Russell earn their only pole and win of the season so far. The update was meant to help Mercedes control their rear tyre temperatures by increasing the anti-lift under braking.<\/p>\n![\"Mercedes](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2227518237-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Andrea Diodato\/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesToto Wolff admits Mercedes\u2019 correlation problems caused their rear suspension upgrade U-turn<\/p>\n![\"Mercedes](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2228337569-1024x683.jpg\")
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