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Formula 1 giants Mercedes have staggered off the start line thus far in 2022, but team principal Toto Wolff is eager to savour the positives.

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have mustered just one podium finish apiece across the first three races, finishing a respective fourth and third in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. They remain slightly ahead of Red Bull in the constructors' standings, however, and are second only to Ferrari, leading the team's boss to focus on what's working well.

"We are leaving Melbourne in a better state than when we arrived – more lessons learned, more data to analyse and more points on the board," Wolff the official Formula 1 website . "Clearly, we haven’t got the pace yet to challenge Ferrari and Red Bull but we know where we need to seek performance.

"Seeing Lewis and George perform at an exceptionally high level with a tool that is clearly not on the pace of the leaders is another example of the spirit of this team. We are optimistic yet realistic on the timeline for improvement and the advantage our competitors have, but P3 and P4 helps us leave Australia with a good feeling."

Mercedes' struggles in pre-season always seemed too substantial to expect a solution at