Mercedes to improve low-drag package for Monza

Mercedes is set to run with a revised version of their low-drag package at Monza as the team bids to make up for the disappointing pace in Spa.

“In Monza, we will use a refined version of the low-drag package introduced at Spa. We hope to see an improvement in race pace after the lessons we learned over the race weekend in Belgium,” Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff said.

Team principal Ross Brawn claimed that the team was baffled by the lack of pace and admitted that the car wasn’t perfect.

“I don’t think we quite got the car right, we were there or thereabouts but it didn’t feel quite as sharp as we have had the last few races. Whether that was because of the set-up philosophy, or some of the changes we made, we will have to go back through,” he said.

Lewis Hamilton, who was hoping to catch up with Sebastian Vettel at Spa, struggled to find a good set-up with the car throughout the weekend and eventually finished third.