Toto Wolff has refused to give up on the ground-effect era and shift his total focus towards the new regulations in 2026, despite Mercedes’ recent struggles.

The Silver Arrows have picked up just 33 points from the first four races of the 2024 campaign with George Russell and Lewis Hamilton sitting down in P7 and P9 in the World Championship.

“We are Mercedes,” he explained. “We cannot completely abandon the current regulations and continue to perform at the level we are at the moment.

“That’s not the ambition of the brand, nor our own and our partners’. So, no. I think you’ve got to continue to push, continue to form your understanding.

“But eventually, when the FIA comes up with some kind of form of regulations, we, like all the other teams, will be starting to look at it, and probably more on the earlier side.”