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Mercedes: That was a major wake-up call

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff and his team have taken responsibility for making a glaring mistake that may have cost them victory in a tense Austrian Grand Prix and admits that the double-DNF at Red Bull Ring is a wake-up call for the world champions. Speaking to reporters after the race in which both Mercedes cars failed to finish due to technical issues, a scenario that last played out for the team at the 1955 Italian Grand Prix when two Silver Arrows were sidelined by mechanical issues. After the race in Spielberg, Wolff was typically candid when he told reporters, 'I guess that was a major wake-up call. For me, it was my most painful day at Mercedes, worse than Barcelona.' That day, in...
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