Mercedes could not enter the current four-week period without a Grand Prix as positively as they did the summer break. After the team have returned to Zandvoort, the Germans could only achieve a single podium, when George Russell finished in P3 after Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez crashed out in Baku. Team principal and CEO Toto Wolff expects a tough challenge at COTA, but hopes Mercedes will be able to tackle that successfully, the team report.