Mercedes are on for their first winless campaign since 2011 after they faile🧜d to find the necessary gains over the winter to close the cap to Red Bull.

Despite failing to challenge Red✃ Bull, Mercedes have cemented their place as the second-best team, moving we𝓡ll clear of Aston Martin and Ferrari in the constructors’ championship.

Mercedes have shifted their car concept ahead of 2023, with a𓆏 significant upgrade which was introduced in Monaco. 

Even though Mercedes have been str🅷uggling - relatively to their p𝐆re-2022 form - Wolff explained how Hamilton has played an integral role off-track.

“He’s been great,” Wolff said in an interview with . “He’s been super suppo🦹rtive when the team needed it, and that dynamicꦺ goes in both directions. 

“When he’s not great mentally about how the car is going, we ജtry to support him, and when you can❀ see when the engineers didn’t know what to do next on the track on race weekend, it’s he who cheered everybody up and brought the right attitude as a driver.”

Hamiltonౠ is still yet to sign a new F1 deal with Mercedes.

However, all signs are poi༺nting towards an extension, particularly as Hamilton’s own form in 2023 has been spectacular.

“We’re both very ambitious and we trust in both 🐈our ambition and determination,” Wolff added.

“Whether it was a great run or more difficult like now, it’s a partnershജip that goes beyond the ra๊cing side because we are in the same boat. He always says we win and we lose together.”