Toto Wolff believes Mercedes are in🏅 a “really good spot” despite a number of key departures from the team💙.

Ahead🍸 of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Ferrari announced the signings of Loic Serra and Jerome D’Ambrosio fro🤡m Mercedes.

The pair will officially start work in early December, with Serra appointed Ferrari’s hea𝔉d of chassis performance engineering.

D’Ambrosio - who has acted as a stand-in for Wolff - will be Ferrari’s deputy team pri𝓡ncipal.

Mercedes have already lost 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari for the 2025 F1 season alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc.

The Brackley outfit should survive a furthꦕer mass exodus due to a reported ‘non-poaching clause’.

Speaking to Sky after FP3 at Imola, Wolff res⛦ponded to questions about Mercedes’ latest departures.

“Well wꦚe🧜’re in a really good spot because we had these eight consecutive championships and it started to deteriorate,” he said.

“Part of that is also human components 🌸and how it is shaping up now, some wanted to go, some we had to go, at the same time we’re adding fresh joiners and all of that with the leadership of James, who does that so well.

“He’s such an inspiration for the tꩵeam that I feel we’re on a good upward trajectory with the motivation, energy and the confidence.”

Mercedes are still waiting to decide who will partner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell in 2025.

The team remain hopeful that168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Max Verstappen becomes available, but outside of the Red Bull, Andrea Kimi An🌌tonelli looks like their preferred option.

Antonelli is Mercedes’ junior driver, cur▨rentl♛y racing in F2.

Wolff hinted that Mercedes could have an Italian in the car next year, allowing the tea🃏m to “shine more” at Imola.

“I haven’t spoken about it actually because there’s 100 million people that watch every race and obviously lots of local italians here,” he added. “I guess for the Itali𒊎ans it's super exciting❀ to have Lewis Hamilton in red next year.

“We will get used to the ou🍰tfits but we’ve got to look at ourselves. Maybe there is an option that we shine more with an Italian in our car. We’re pushing back hard.”