Toto Wolff has declared his Mercedes team will be ready to take advantage if Ferrari "drop the ball" over engine reliability.
It is a hot topic in the wake of the double DNF of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, and a major worry for the Italian team. Chief Mattia Binotto admitted as much in the wake of two more engine failures for Ferrari-powered drivers Zhou Guanyu and Kevin Magnussen in the same race.
"We said it even before coming here in Baku, reliability is always a key factor in the battle," said the worried team boss. "As a team, we pushed a lot to develop the car during the winter, but we proved we are not yet fully reliable.