‘We’ve had these days in the past and came out stronger’: Toto Wolff backs Mercedes to bounce back after tyre trouble condemned them to opening defeat of the season at Silverstone

Toto Wolff is confident his Mercedes team will bounce back from their opening defeat of the season at Sunday’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen became the first non-Mercedes car to triumph this year with a superb drive at Silverstone to see off Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. Verstappen, 30 points behind Hamilton, is now the Briton’s closest challenger for a seventh world championship ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. The Dutchman finished 11 seconds clear of Hamilton as the Mercedes cars struggled with tyre wear. Verstappen, 30 points behind Lewis Hamilton (above), is now the Briton’s closest challenger. Up until Sunday’s race, Hamilton had looked on course to gallop towards Michael Schumacher’s record haul of championships this year. And afterwards, Hamilton told the impressive Verstappen he is up for the championship fight after the Red Bull driver’s shock victory. Verstappen finished 11 seconds clear of Hamilton as Mercedes cars struggled with tyre wear.

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