Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff has insisted he will not rely on simulations to conjure expectations for the Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend. The Brackley-based squad enters the race weekend having suffered a troubled event last time out in Sao Paulo. Both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell endured high tyre degradation during the race with Hamilton scoring eighth while his team-mate was forced to retire late in the Grand Prix. Wolff described the weekend as Mercedes' worst since it rejoined the grid as a manufacturer in 2010. Next on the schedule is the long-await trip to Las Vegas, which will be a step into the unknown for the teams due to the track being a new addition to the calendar. Wolff has asserted that he is not forming any pre-event goals based on simulator data after its torturous weekend in Brazil.
An enormous effort
“I'm not sure, I will not rely on the simulations at the moment,” he told media including RacingNews365.com . “There's an enormous effort that Liberty undertook with Las Vegas and I think it's going to be a tremendous show for the audiences, for us. “I don't know what to expect. You can see those swings you asked me [in Mexico] and I'm like, 'yeah, we're going to Brazil and this is going to be awesome'. “Now we're going to a track that we haven't been in even, so I don't know.”
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