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"Canada could be huge challenge for Mercedes", says Wolff
Bobby Vincent
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes the Canadian Grand Prix could be a huge challenge for the championship leaders with the Montreal circuit favouring the rival's attributes more than its own.
Mercedes have won every single race of the season so far, with Sebastian Vettel's second-place finish in Monaco the only time the Silver Arrows haven't locked out the front row so far this term.
Wolff believes the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a track that relies on power more than everything else, with Ferrari seemingly having the more powerful power unit in its SF90, with the data collected from pre-season testing in Barcelona.
"To a large extent, the challenges of Montreal are opposite to those of Monaco - the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a high-speed track with relatively long straights and lots of overtaking possibilities," the Mercedes boss explained, as quoted by F1i.com.
"Similar to Monaco, however, are the concrete walls that punish any mistakes heavily and a tight qualifying session around this relatively short lap. In the past six races, we were very strong in the corners but lost time on the straights.
"This will make Canada a huge challenge for us as the track characteristics could favour our opponents - there are many long straights, and fewer corners in which to make up lap time."
Lewis Hamilton will be looking for his sixth win in Montreal, to potentially equal Michael Schumacher's record tally of seven wins in Canada.
