Overview

• Mercedes will roll out a major upgrade package across the Imola, Monaco, and Barcelona races, focusing on tyre temperature management to improve race performance.
• The team has had its strongest start in the ground-effects era, earning 141 points and four podiums in the first six races, but remains over 100 points behind McLaren in the standings.
• Technical director James Allison emphasized that the upgrades aim to translate strong qualifying results into more consistent race-day success.
• Kimi Antonelli, at 18 years old, became F1’s youngest polesitter during the Miami Sprint, showcasing Mercedes’ one-lap speed despite ongoing race pace struggles.
• Team principal Toto Wolff acknowledged McLaren’s superior tyre management and highlighted the need for Mercedes to engineer solutions to compete more effectively over race distances.