Alpine driver Esteban Ocon breaking down on the pit exit triggered a digital security automobile on lap 44 of 62 at Marina Bay. This created a window for each Mercedes drivers to pit for medium tyres.
This gave them a late-race tempo benefit in a bid to shut and overtake eventual winner Carlos Sainz and runner-up Lando Norris, who had been nursing ageing onerous Pirellis.
However Ferrari racer Sainz was assured to ease off to provide Norris DRS to assist the McLaren driver defend towards the chasing Mercedes, earlier than George Russell crashed out on the ultimate lap at hand Lewis Hamilton third.
Regardless of the crew in the end arising quick, Wolff stated he ‘liked the decision’ from the strategists and drivers and that the chance to win the race was price repeating “day-after-day of the week”.
“We tried to win and we did not,” stated the Austrian. “The positives are that I like the decision from driver and technique crew to say, ‘We’re going for it’.
“Worst case was second and fifth. Greatest case, we win or first and second. And our plan confirmed that at instances.”
He added: “I believe it was absolutely the proper name, we’d have completed P2, P5 – possibly P2, P4, and we wished to win the race.
“So, we took the chance and I might day-after-day of the week do it once more.”
George Russell, Mercedes F1 W14, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL60
Picture by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images
The crew was steered by pre-race technique simulations primarily based on potential digital and full security automobile timings.
Wolff reckoned the efficiency would energise Mercedes since “not all the things is fallacious” with the W14, a machine that all through the weekend he known as a “shock field”.
He continued: “General, I am completely satisfied in regards to the efficiency. I am completely satisfied about how the automobile was all weekend, and I believe we gave it our greatest shot.
“I believe that is the Positive… we have been actually robust right here, we might have gained the race.
“We might have completed first and second on advantage and that’s what we have to take from right here and clearly will energise us much more that, on this explicit observe, we had been robust.
“Not all the things is fallacious. However you then see on the planner, P1 and P2 popping up at instances and you concentrate on ‘May have been an unbelievable day’ and it isn’t.
“However I would relatively then fall again on the positives of this weekend and return house and say ‘that was a very good one’.”