Finally the first came victory of Mercedes in this World Cup. She has been made to beg. We had to wait for the penultimate race of the season. And it is that Mercedes began the fatal year and little by little it has been recovering until reaching the top of the podium. George Russell opened the locker of the silver arrows in this complicated 2022.
Not only the victory, but also the double. lewis hamilton he was second behind his partner. The two silver cars ahead of the Ferrari and of the Red Bull. Something completely unthinkable in the first months of the championship.
Russell triumphed at Interlagos… with double merit. Because now it has been known that his car had problems. A leak with which he drove throughout the race and that did not prevent him from being the fastest.
Toto Wolff, head of Mercedes, explained it in statements to ‘Autosport’: “We had a water leak in the car during the race and It wasn’t clear if we could make it to the end.”
“We agreed to let him drive to the end and try to finish the race,” says the Austrian. And it is clear that the decision was the right one. Mercedes got on the highest box of the podium for the first time.
However, this victory does not console a team used to winning everything in Formula 1 in recent times. Both the drivers’ world championships and the builders. A lot of things need to change if they want to be competitive by 2023.
They have been working on it for months. The Silver Arrows hope to meddle in the battle between Red Bull and Ferrari. And, above all, overcome a max verstappen That seems unattainable right now. This season has been one of the most uneven in recent times. And that taking into account the superiority that Mercedes precisely showed in the past.