Toto Wolff believes the Ferrari engine is an "outlier"

Toto Wolff believes that the Ferrari engine is an "outlier" and that Mercedes needs to improve their engine if they are to match the Italian team. Ferrari are visibly faster than any other car on the straights and are in a good position to continue to perform in the final stint of the season. 

“It’s certainly an outlier,” said Wolff to Motorsport.com. “Because normally with maturing regulations to find these big steps is certainly unusual. As it stands it has become an engine formula.

“We all need to understand how we can increase our engine performance and at the same time find the right power/drag ratio, and understand the tyres. It’s a combination of things.

“I think we had situations where Ferrari was very strong [in the past], but at the moment they just crush everybody with their straight-line speed, so it’s very difficult to compensate that round the track. This is a situation that we need to overcome."

Mercedes managed to win the Russian Grand Prix despite not having the fastest car but will hope to improve their set up so they can get back to their dominant ways.