Martin Brundle feels 'so confused' by Mercedes after conversation with Toto Wolff

Martin Brundle can't seem to get his head around Mercedes at the moment, describing the reigning constructors champions as "confusing". The Silver Arrows have been off the pace this season with Toto Wolff's team playing catch up to Ferrari and Red Bull.

Porpoising has plagued their season and the issue came to a head at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton clearly affected by the continued bouncing effect. The Mercedes pair still managed to finish third and fourth respectively due to Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz retiring from the race.

And it was the same result in Canada, although the team came away from Montreal far more buoyed about the direction they are heading in than a week prior. They're just 40 points adrift of Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship while George Russell is only 18 points back from Charles Leclerc.

The difference a week has made at Mercedes has certainly left Brundle bamboozled though, following his conversation with Wolff in Baku.

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"The Mercedes team are so confusing for everyone at the moment, including themselves," Brundle wrote for Sky Sports. "On Friday Lewis declared the car was undriveable, which is indeed exactly how it looked, and in a Sky F1 interview he strongly intimated that it was now about making the best of a bad job for the rest of the long season.

"Team boss Toto Wolff said similar things to me in an interview having described the car as a 's***box' just a week earlier."

Hamilton was more than a minute behind Max Verstappen when he crossed the line in Baku with Mercedes unable to show any true pace. But the main take away from Montreal for Mercedes was how close they were to their rivals