The German manufacturer went through an unprecedented streak of success by winning every F1 world title on offer bar one between 2014 and 2021, with Max Verstappen’s drivers’ title triumph last year denying a perfect sweep of eight consecutive world championship doubles. Mercedes’ winning run came to an abrupt end in 2022 amid a radical overhaul to the technical regulations, with the team slipping to third place in the constructors’ standings behind Red Bull and Ferrari. Red Bull might have run away with both world championships in the first year of F1’s new era, but Wolff is confident the combination of the cost…