Toto Wolff says Mercedes has had enough harsh lessons in 2017 so far to automatically assume it will be the team to beat at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Formula One is ready to resume its season after a four-week summer break, with Mercedes leading the constructors' but its drivers trailing Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the other championship. Mercedes spent much of the first half of the season taming a car Wolff himself labelled a "diva" and welcomed the timing of the break, which followed a Ferrari one-two at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
"The summer shutdown came at the perfect time for us to make a step back and take stock of our season so far," Wolff said.