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Mercedes: "Fundamental issue" to blame for Malaysia struggles

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says his team's poor Friday showing at the Malaysian Grand Prix is down to a “fundamental issue” it needs to understand and address. The Silver Arrows have toiled well off the pace in both the wet-weather FP1 and the dry FP2, placing no higher than sixth in either session. "The laptime is reality, the stopwatch always tells the truth and the laptime showed we are not quick enough," Wolff said at the conclusion of track action. "It is certainly one of the worst Fridays I can remember." He told Sky F1: “We struggled from the get-go this morning - in the wet, in the dry, on all tyres. We have to find out overnight what it is. “At...
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