No magic bullet for Mercedes despite Canada 1-2

Toto Wolff has warned there are no guarantees Mercedes has solved its problems faced in Monaco despite its one-two result at the Canadian Grand Prix.

With Mercedes struggling to get the most out of its tires during the race weekend in Monte Carlo, the team failed to finish on the podium in the principality as Ferrari dominated the weekend. However, it was a case of role reversal in Canada where Lewis Hamilton took an impressive victory ahead of Valtteri Bottas to secure their first one-two as teammates.

Asked if he feels Mercedes has made a fundamental breakthrough with its tire issues, Wolff replied: "I never feel that.

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"Monaco looked pretty grim but we didn't dive into depression and Montreal looked pretty great, but I wouldn't say that the problems are solved. We understood it much better, another set of valuable data points, now we have to move to Baku."

Wolff was also keen to praise the reaction of everyone within Mercedes following the disappointment of Monaco, although he admitted he could not overlook Hamilton's performance during the race weekend in Montreal.

"The team was flat-out. I said it before that we were running on 24/7 shifts, there was no weekend off. It's credit to so many people; one of them, who represents a very large group is Loic [Serra, head of vehicle dynamics] was on the podium. The young drivers on the simulator who drove day-in and day-out, all contributed to the result now.

"Similar to Singapore we were just collecting information and trying to stay calm and end up with things we thought would be steps in the right direction, but you are never sure. I am encouraged by what we've seen – I wasn't so optimistic at the end of FP3 but now it's really good.

"Lewis is obviously an integral part – Montreal is a circuit he's just stellar at, and showed that in qualifying. If you follow the onboard it's almost frightening. And he showed it in the race."

With Ferrari finishing fourth with Sebastian Vettel and seventh with Kimi Raikkonen in Canada, Mercedes regained the lead in the constructors' championship by eight points.