Wolff wants dry conditions at Spa: ‘Couldn't really assess our new parts'

Mercedes once again finished an indifferent qualifying session. This time in Belgium, Lewis Hamilton finished fourth and will start the race inside of the top three, but George Russell finished in P8. Wolff commented on the conditions and his team’s new upgrades brought to Belgium.

"P3 is good. You can see that it's pretty bunched up from P2 onwards. Xes, I think we couldn't really assess whether our parts are working because of the tricky conditions. So let's hope for a dry Saturday and dry Sunday," Toto Wolff told Sky Sports, saying that he would prefer a completely dry track in the next to days.

Mercedes also opted for trying to different rear wings on each car. Hamilton could better with his car on Saturday, but Wolff thinks Russell can shine more during the sprint and the race. "Yes, you can see they have run very well-spotted, two very different rear wings and configurations. And you can see that Lewis is just able to extract more performance from that."

"He [Russell] has a bit of a barn door on the back. And that can be advantageous for tyre performance on Sunday. It didn't help today. So we need to assess why it didn't," the Austrian concluded.