In Monaco, Bottas had a significant advantage over Hamilton andꦬ would have finished on the podium 🔯had it not been for a botched pit stop, while the seven-time champion finished down in seventh.

It was a role reversal in Baku where Hamilton challenged for the podium for much of the race before his costly error af𝐆ter the red flag, and Bottas languished outside of the points-paying💎 positions.

The Circuit Paul Ricard is expected t💯o suit Mercedes given its strong record in France in recent years, winning in 2018 and 2019 with Hamilton.

“We come off the back of two street circuits unsuited to our♚ car, two circuits we knew would be difficult for us, and we were disappointed to lose a podium finish and a victory through our own mistakes,” Wolff said ahead of this weekend’s French Grand Prix. “That frustration reflects the hig🐎h standards we hold ourselves to, and it is what drives us forward.

“In Monaco and Baku, we put the W12 in a window where only one of our drivers found the confidence to unloc🌸k the performance of the car - Valtteri in Monaco and Lewis in Baku. In such a close, intense title fight, we need to deliver a car at each race which both our drivers can confidently push tཧo its limits.”

While Mercedes has dominated the previous two races at Paul Ricard, Wolff expects the battle wi🗹th Red Bull to remain tight.

“The French Gﷺrand Prix means returning to a more traditional circuit and hopefully, better fortunes for us,” Wolff added. “It is a track we've gone well at in the past and, with a wide r📖ange of corner speeds that will test the car in every aspect, it's an interesting challenge for us to tackle.

“We're six races into the season and there's still a long way to go. It's looking very close at the front and we're not expecting that to change 🐼anytime soon. We'll ꦆbe looking to turn our learnings from recent weeks into performance and to deliver a much stronger weekend with both cars.”