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Alla Zakarian

02-07-2019 | 15:46 Formula 1
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Wolff says Mercedes need to work on cooling problems after Austria struggles

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff described his viewing of the Austrian Grand Prix as painful; as he was forced to watch, his silver cars cruise around. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen passed Charles Leclerc with two laps remaining to win. It brings to an end Mercedes’ run of eight consecutive wins this season – a run that actually stretches back two races further, to last year’s Brazilian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton could only manage a fifth-place finish in the sweltering hear at the picturesque circuit, with Valtteri Bottas finishing third. “We knew that it was our Achilles heel and we were carrying the (cooling) problems since the beginning of the season,” said Wolff. “We tried to work on mitigating the performance loss, but at the end it was really painful to watch us cruising, not being able to defend or attack. “We were running the engine way turned down, lifting and coasting for up to 400 metres — it’s almost having no throttle rolling downwards — and still able to pull in some decent lap times. But we were limited by the cooling problems.”

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