{"id":15207925,"date":"2026-07-13T16:23:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T20:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/toto-wolff-i-stand-by-mercedes-performance-focus-but-now-we-must-sort-reliability\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:33:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T20:33:43","slug":"toto-wolff-i-stand-by-mercedes-performance-focus-but-now-we-must-sort-reliability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/toto-wolff-i-stand-by-mercedes-performance-focus-but-now-we-must-sort-reliability\/","title":{"rendered":"Toto Wolff: I stand by Mercedes&#039; performance focus, but now we must sort reliability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff says he\u2019d rather have a fast, unreliable car than the opposite, but admits it\u2019s time to weed out the Silver Arrow\u2019s mechanical gremlins.<br \/>Mercedes has dominated the 2026 season so far, taking all nine pole positions for grand prix races \u2013 though it was beaten by McLaren and Ferrari in a couple of sprint qualifying sessions \u2013 but has won just &#8230;<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/f1\/news\/toto-wolff-i-stand-by-mercedes-performance-focus-but-now-we-must-sort-reliability-out\/10838643\/?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=RSS-ALL&amp;utm_term=News&amp;utm_content=www\">Keep reading<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/f1\/news\/toto-wolff-i-stand-by-mercedes-performance-focus-but-now-we-must-sort-reliability-out\/10838643\/?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=RSS-ALL&amp;utm_term=News&amp;utm_content=www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Autos \u2013 Motorsports.com Photos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff says he\u2019d rather have a fast, unreliable car than the opposite, but admits it\u2019s time to weed out the Silver Arrow\u2019s mechanical gremlins.Mercedes has dominated the 2026 season so far, taking all 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