Mercedes not getting ‘too excited’ about 100% reliability

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is not getting too carried away by the team’s excellent reliability record so far during the 2022 campaign.

The Silver Arrows, overall, are having a season to forget with their severe porpoising issues ensuring that the once mighty Formula 1 team are firmly out of the title picture.

Being 116 points behind rivals Red Bull in the Constructors’ Championship and nearest Mercedes competitor George Russell being 64 points adrift of Drivers’ Championship leader Max Verstappen, there hasn’t been an awful lot for Mercedes to shout about after nine races of the 2022 season.

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But, Mercedes do hold one record they can be proud of: they are the only team remaining on the Formula 1 grid not to experience a single retirement this year.

However, knowing how quickly a good reliability record can soon become a poor one, Wolff won’t be hanging up the decorations in the Mercedes garage any time soon.

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“It’s funny that both teams [Red Bull and Ferrari] keep having their cars stop,” Wolff said, as quoted by Motorsport.com.

“But you can’t be complacent about that because it can swing in the other direction very quickly.

“We’re happy about our reliability. Last year, when we look at how we went with the engine, we had the other phenomenon and lots of problems. That’s why I don’t want