Neither Lewis Hamilton nor George Russell could make much progress during Saturday's Austrian Grand Prix Sprint as Toto Wolff declared it a "disappointing performance" for Mercedes.
Russell started the short-form race in fourth position, and that's exactly where he finished. Meanwhile, Hamilton made contact with Pierre Gasly on the first lap which saw him drop a place from ninth, though he did recover and eventually finished eighth.
But that was only after a laboured and protracted battle with Mick Schumacher for that position. The Silver Arrows are unlikely to be encouraged that it took several laps for the car to finally have the speed to move past the Haas.
