Wolff reacts: "Maybe they'll even do us a favour"

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09:58, 17 Aug 2020

The chance that qualifying mode will be banned from the Belgian Grand Prix is growing. The FIA hopes that the difference between Mercedes and the teams below will narrow. Toto Wolff does not understand the change and states that the desired effect may not be achieved.

According to Mercedes' team boss, even the opposite could happen. In conversation with Sky Sports Wolff said: "At the end of the day you take performance away from different teams. We've been concentrating for years that this particular aspect works and now you come in from the far left and say, 'We don't want this anymore."

The Austrian top man continues his explanation: "I think, in the end, I think it's just a new challenge for us. If this 'party mode' takes a few laps away from us in qualifying, then we can go up four or five times in the race with more power. And right now it's the race that's our weakness, not qualifying. Maybe they'll even do us a favour," Wolff said

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	292
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	211
3	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	191
4	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	186
5	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	167
6	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	145
7	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	120
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	71
9	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	59
10	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	41
11	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	31
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	27
13	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
14	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	10
15	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	7
16	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
17	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
18	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
19	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	3
20	Yuki Tsunoda Yuki Tsunoda	Racing BullsRCB	1
21	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
23	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0

Wolff reacts: "Maybe they'll even do us a favour"

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