Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes the double tyre failure it suffered at the British Grand Prix proves why it is wrong to assume his team will walk away with the 2020 championship.
Lewis Hamilton managed to crawl to victory despite sustaining a front-left puncture half-way round the final lap of the Silverstone circuit. Two laps earlier teammate Valtteri Bottas had suffered an identical failure when running in a comfortable one-two behind Hamilton -- the Finn was forced to pit and was relegated out of points-scoring positions.
Mercedes' pace in qualifying and the race leading up to that point only strengthened the belief the team could be unbeatable this year, but Wolff believes Silverstone proved that is not the case.