HOCKENHEIM,Germany -- Toto Wolff admits Ferrari's performance at the German Grand Prix dealt Mercedes a severe warning after the Italian team appeared to find another step in power at Hockenheim.
Mercedes claims the Ferrari had a 0.5s lap time advantage on the straights alone on Saturday after Sebastian Vettel beat Valtteri Bottas to pole position by 0.204s at Hockenheim.
"They have a great power unit. Huge performances," Wolff said. "We were looking good through all kinds of corners but we are not able to match their straight line performance. Valtteri was exceptional in the third sector, this is why he was even closer to pole position but we just have to look at things and try to improve.