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‘Great' to see Mercedes under ‘big pressure' – Wurz

Jun.30 Alex Wurz says it's 'great' that F1's formerly dominant Mercedes team is finding itself under intense pressure in 2021. With Max Verstappen now leading the standings by 18 points, Red Bull has clearly raced ahead in the development race – with Toto Wolff insisting efforts to add upgrades to the 2021 Mercedes have ceased altogether. Wurz, a former driver who is now chairman of Formula 1's driver association GPDA, thinks Wolff may now revisit the car development freeze. 'Theoretically, you can mess around with the resources you have for next year,' the Austrian told Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper. 'So they could say ‘ok, let's go back in the wind tunnel with the current...
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