Mercedes forecast it will be hard to repeat their breakthrough Brazilian Grand Prix victory in this weekend’s period finale.

The crew locked out the entrance row of the grand prix grid at Interlagos and claimed a a single-two in the race, led by George Russell.

Having said that the 1st-time race winner suspects the crew will not be as aggressive on the Yas Marina as they have been at Interlagos.

“Going into Abu Dhabi I assume we’ll possibly be related to, my intestine is stating, Ferrari. I assume it’s possible a compact stage driving Crimson Bull.”

Mercedes also experienced robust rate at the preceding grand prix in Mexico, but compromised their efficiency in the race by choosing more challenging compound tyres than rivals Crimson Bull.

“I assume the final two races have been rather gradual-pace circuits and that is where by we have kind of excelled this period,” mentioned Russell. “But the development we have created as a crew has just been unbelievable.

“Since Austin we have, as a crew, fought for victory, or experienced the likelihood for victory, every single solitary race. So the enhance it is offered all of us and the self-confidence it is offered every person back again at the manufacturing unit, the manufacturing unit is likely to be pumping around the winter season.

Poll: Price the race: 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix“We’re likely to be supplying every thing we have obtained to arrive out in that quite 1st take a look at with a automobile that that can contend from race a single.”

Staff principal Toto Wolff also uncertainties the Yas Marina circuit will go well with the Mercedes W13. “I assume Abu Dhabi on paper is a great deal far more hard for us also due to the fact we are nevertheless far too draggy,” he mentioned. “But we know why.”

“I assume we know why we have been superior [here],” he extra. “Do we know why we have been so considerably forward of everybody this weekend? We really don’t.”

Lewis Hamilton, who took 2nd just after dropping time in a collision with Max Verstappen, mentioned the team’s enhancement in new races was “a wonderful, wonderful sign”.

“For a extensive, extensive time period of time, we could not seriously, definitely fully grasp what the dilemma was or how to take care of it,” he admitted.

“And it was hard, due to the fact we stored striving and striving and striving and every single time a thing new arrived, we nevertheless experienced the complications we experienced.

“So this is seriously, seriously enormous. We know where by our North Star is, we know where by we want to set all our endeavours in to this winter season. I’m so very pleased of the crew for all the amazing tough do the job.”

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