McLaren and Ferrari's Financial Disparity: Mercedes' Dominance Continues Amid Upgrades
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Asked why McLaren and Ferrari appeared to have the money and Mercedes did not, Wolff said: "Well, you will see how towards the end of the season (whether) they are going to be able to deploy as much stuff on to the car as they do now.
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Sky SportsMonday 24 August 2026 18:35, UK Toto Wolff says Mercedes do not have extra money available to quickly respond to the growing threat from McLaren and Ferrari through car development.
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"We haven't got the money to put developments on the car," he said. "And I said it before that we are trying to evenly split that through the season based on our calculations of when we can bring the biggest updates and optimising the championship points.
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The Guardian Sport“We haven’t got the money to put developments on account,” said Wolff. “We are trying to evenly split that through the season based on our calculations of when we can bring the biggest updates and optimising the championship points. We just can do what we can do. That’s why it is a development race. So the ride has been a bit tougher than at the beginning of the year.”
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Norris won the race at Zandvoort for McLaren with the team having brought several car upgrades to the meeting, beating the Mercedes’ of title leader Kimi Antonelli and George Russell into second and third. Ferrari have also moved closer to Mercedes, who won eight of the opening 12 meetings, including all of the first six.
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Sky SportsRussell, Antonelli hopeful over next Mercedes upgrades Mercedes' drivers Kimi Antonelli and George Russell finished the Zandvoort race in second and third places respectively behind McLaren's race-winning Lando Norris, who has now won back-to-back events either side of F1's summer break.
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01 Sky Sports Mercedes' team principal suggests the championship leaders don't have the spending leeway in their approach to 2026's budget cap to immediately counter rivals' currently more regular car updates; watch the Italian Grand Prix at Monza live on Sky Sports F1 on September 4-6
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02 Yahoo Sports Dutch Grand Prix winner Lando Norris jokingly poked fun at the late position swap between Kimi Antonelli and George Russell. The Briton moved aside to allow his Mercedes teammate through in the closing stages following a team order.
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03 The Guardian Sport McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton are genuine contenders for the Formula One world championship, according to the Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, who watched Norris take a decisive win at the Dutch Grand Prix.
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04 BBC Sport Published Lando Norris beat championship leader Kimi Antonelli to claim his second win in a row with victoy at the Dutch Grand Prix.
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