George Russell has hinted at a new Mercedes philosophy that he hopes will allow them to compete for the 2023 F1 world title.
Mercedes are yet to win a single race this season after a number of issues with the W13 car and have now fallen further behind Ferrari in second in the Constructor Standings.
There remains five races in this campaign but focus is already switching to 2023 and Russell believes F1 fans can expect an improvement from Mercedes.
"We have a philosophy that we're going to be trying to adopt in our development and I'm very confident that is the correct one, but equally, it doesn't mean that we can necessarily achieve it," said Russell, as quoted by Sky Sports .
"It's something that we've worked very hard on to understand and hopefully will give us an advantage into next year, so I don't want to say anything that will potentially benefit our rivals.
"We've had the porpoising issues, we've had the ride issues, we've had the car touching the ground and damaging the floor, we've had so many different issues and we believe now that we've got a direction that we need to head in."
Russell is in his debut season with Mercedes and currently sits in fourth spot following his disappointing 14th place finish at the Singapore Grand Prix.
He added: "I found it pretty inspiring to see when we brought this new concept to the car for 2022. It showed an attitude within this team that it doesn't matter how much success they've had, they're still willing to push the boundaries.
"I think that gives me confidence moving into the future because you have to make these bold decisions sometimes, and sometimes they go against you, but sometimes they don't. And if you are just complacent, settling for an easy route, you're never going to win, so I think if anything that attitude is maintained, we're pushing the boundaries."
