{"id":201577,"date":"2025-10-15T10:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/201577\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:25:08","slug":"determined-wolff-expects-tough-weekend-in-austin-a-real-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/201577\/","title":{"rendered":"Determined Wolff Expects Tough Weekend in Austin: \u201cA Real Test!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a successful outing in Singapore, Mercedes<\/a> is hoping to carry that momentum into the United States Grand Prix in Austin. Team principal Toto Wolff<\/a> remains proud of the team\u2019s recent progress but admits the upcoming weekend will present a whole new challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Two weeks ago, George Russell<\/a> delivered a surprise victory at the Singapore Grand Prix, taking pole position on Saturday and converting it into a confident win on Sunday. Behind him, Andrea Kimi Antonelli<\/a> crossed the line in fifth, adding to Mercedes\u2019 sense of satisfaction. But as the team heads to Austin, Wolff knows they won\u2019t be among the outright favorites for victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cNot just a lucky result\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the team\u2019s official race preview, Wolff reflected on the performance in Singapore. \u201cWe look back on a strong result where we won with George and finished fifth with Kimi,\u201d he said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t just unexpected \u2014 our pace across both Saturday and Sunday showed that it wasn\u2019t a one-off. That\u2019s been the story of our season: some weekends it\u2019s unclear which direction things will go, but when it comes together, we can still fight at the front.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mercedes also impressed earlier in the year in Azerbaijan, and Wolff is curious to see if the improvements translate to a different type of circuit. \u201cWe looked strong there too, but now we want to see whether we\u2019ve made a real step forward heading into the races on the American continent,\u201d he continued. \u201cThese tracks have completely different layouts and challenges compared to the street circuits we\u2019ve just visited. We\u2019re heading into the unknown \u2014 but that\u2019s what makes this sport so enjoyable.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAustin is a true test\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Circuit of the Americas will host both the Grand Prix and a Sprint race this weekend, adding an extra layer of complexity. Wolff is under no illusions about the task ahead. \u201cAustin has become an iconic venue \u2014 passionate fans, a great city nearby, and a circuit that really tests the drivers and cars,\u201d he said. \u201cWith its elevation changes, the steep climb into Turn 1, and the mix of high-speed corners and slow sections, it\u2019s a real challenge. And with the Sprint format, it\u2019s also another opportunity to fine-tune the car and keep pushing forward.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

For Mercedes, Austin won\u2019t just be another race \u2014 it will be a measure of how far the team\u2019s resurgence has truly come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a successful outing in Singapore, Mercedes is hoping to carry that momentum into the United States Grand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1687,372,6537,59931,6964,101,6965,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-201577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-formule-1","tag-mercedes","tag-sports","tag-toto-wolff","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}