Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted it is “super difficult” to gauge where his rivals are in their preparation for Formula 1’s overhaul in 2026, while the feeling in the team was “not comparable” to preparations for 2014 when its period of dominance began.
The Brackley-based squad has gone through two major rule changes in its current form. It aced the reset in 2014, winning eight consecutive constructors’ titles, but was lost in the weeds when the rules changed again in 2022.
