Mercedes Back-to-back F1 Wins

Mercedes would prove once again that it belongs at the top of the Formula One grid with another victory in Hungary.

Lewis Hamilton, who had gone 945 days without a Formula 1 victory, was rather forthcoming about the emotional significance of his victory in the British Grand Prix.

Even while the ghosts of Abu Dhabi 2021 could never completely go, at least the worry that they would never triumph after all the commotion from that evening is no longer present.

However, Mercedes' performance in the British Grand Prix has statistical importance as well because it is the first time it has won back-to-back races since the same last lap of 2021.

Red Bull's supremacy in the present period has made it difficult for the Milton Keynes-based team's opponents to win; the most of them, like Carlos Sainz in Singapore last year, have only managed one-off victories.

The most recent non-Red Bull back-to-back victories can be traced back to the 2022 British/Austrian GP, where Sainz and Charles Leclerc triumphed at Silverstone and the Red Bull Ring. These victories ultimately turned out to be the last glimpses of potential from that year's Ferrari before the RB18 found its groove.

Prior to George Russell's victory in Austria a few weeks ago, Mercedes's sole other victory in this ground effect era was the Briton's victory in Brazil 2022, which eventually proved to be a false dawn for the squad, as it felt it had finally achieved a breakthrough in understanding its car.

The calendar must be turned back to the end of 2021 and Hamilton's own final victory before Silverstone, when he won three races in a row in Brazil, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia before the notorious season finale in Abu Dhabi.

Although Mercedes appears to be returning to its peak in Formula One, there is a more significant issue at hand, and that is how the change in the top four teams' competitive standing may potentially impact the constructors' championship standings.

The reason the teams' fight is so interesting is that F1 is presently experiencing a situation where the two leading teams are not doing as well as those pursuing them.

Sergio Perez's consistent lack of points is hurting Red Bull's constructors' standing, while Ferrari has fallen off the pace due to a poor Canadian Grand Prix and problems with a floor modification it brought to the Spanish Grand Prix.

Mercedes has reached its best performance since the promise of its new package was aided by a new front wing from Monaco and suspension changes from Austria. In contrast, McLaren has been a reliable front-runner since bringing an improvement to the Miami Grand Prix.

Mercedes has led the standings in every race since the Monaco Grand Prix, which includes the past four events in Canada, Spain, Austria, and Britain. With 125 points, it has outscored Ferrari with 50, McLaren with 111, and Red Bull with 97.

If you consider only the previous two races, where Mercedes seems to have made progress, the change is much more noteworthy. It received 70 points at Austria/Silverstone, compared to 58 for McLaren, 43 for Red Bull, and 32 for Ferrari.

With 12 races remaining with present form, Mercedes and Red Bull may yet close the 152-point difference if they can maintain their current point-scoring performance.

But even if the Milton Keynes-based team's incredible start to the campaign while others struggled may make the Red Bull gap a bit too much, the battle for the top spot among the others might get rather heated.

Even if their rankings in the standings have not altered, observing the difference between Mercedes and Ferrari, who are now in second and third place, illustrates how much has changed.

With its highest point total since the Monaco Grand Prix, Ferrari was 156 points ahead of Mercedes.

However, in each of the last four races, the German manufacturer opponent has outperformed the Italian team, and the difference between them has shrunk to 81 points.

It will only take five more races to erase the deficit entirely if the deficit is reduced by 75 points over the course of four races, or an average of 18.75 points each grand prix.

Ferrari team manager Fred Vasseur stated during the British Grand Prix that his team was aware of how quickly things may change and that his team's comfortable P2 position was now in jeopardy due to its upgrade issues.

"I don't know how many points we are behind Red Bull and how many points we are ahead of – I don't know who is P3, it's McLaren probably," said the driver. You may also read this: Colapinto Gets Debut Fp1 Outing At British Gp With Williams F1 Team

"That's not the focus of today; today's topic is finding performance, returning to Monaco, Imola, or any other circumstance, and being able to compete for the victory and pole position.

"There are still 12 races left in the [constructors'] championship, so it's almost a championship." It implies that we will have ample time to make ten changes to everything.

However, it might not need ten races for things to shift. Mercedes had set its eyes on greater results in places to come, so its victories in Austria and Britain were not expected (in fact, the Red Bull Ring owed much to chance courtesy to Lando Norris and Max Verstappen colliding).

It is specifically traveling to Hungary, where it has held the top spot for the previous two years, and an overhaul should improve its form.

Toto Wolff, the team manager, stated: "We weren't far off [in Austria]. The distance we had prior to the incident was about two tenths of a lap, or somewhat more. And on a song that we didn't really enjoy in the past, it is the closest we've been in a very long time.

That sort of suggested to us that things may be improving significantly. To be honest, though, we didn't anticipate Silverstone would be the destination because the vehicle was almost empty save for a few minor accessories that we added.

"We had Budapest on our radar more than Spa. However, we have demonstrated why what we are doing now is appropriate."

For the first time since 2021, Mercedes would need to win a hat trick this weekend to prove that they are truly back and that there is still much to play for in the championship.